Head of a woman
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Object Details
- Description
- Alabaster head of a woman with a wig-style plaster curls hanging in Egyptian fashion at the back of the head. Missing part of the nose. Two holes in the plaster wig at the upper part of the neck served initially for a necklace. The eyes still retain lapis lazuli and on either cheek small strips had been carved out and were filled in with a strip of different alabaster.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
- The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East (March 11 to June 23, 2019)
- A Glimpse of Ancient Yemen (August 18, 2018 to March 30, 2021)
- Unearthing Arabia: The Archaeological Adventures of Wendell Phillips (October 11, 2014 to June 7, 2015)
- Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade (June 25 to September 11, 2005)
- Yemen au pays de la reine de Saba (October 25, 1997 to October 13, 2002)
- Arabia Felix, the Land of the Queen of Sheba (March 27, 1969 to July 30, 1972)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chrysler Building, New York, 1955 (1955)
- Lost Cities of Biblical Arabia (November 12 to December 31, 1955)
- Credit Line
- Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
- 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
- Accession Number
- S2013.2.139
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Alabaster, stucco, and bitumen
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 30.2 × 18.2 × 17.3 cm (11 7/8 × 7 3/16 × 6 13/16 in)
- Origin
- Wadi Bayhan, Yemen
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 22b: Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- stone
- woman
- Yemen
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- head
- Wendell and Merilyn Phillips collection
- funerary
- Record ID
- fsg_S2013.2.139
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c3aba762-e176-4460-a1ce-1916faaa3786
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