Object Details
- Collector
- Joseph Hirshhorn
- Donor Name
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- BASALT HEAD; SAITE/ XXII-XXVI DYNASTY; 3/4 VIEW; NOSE BROKEN; HEADRESS; CHIN CHIPPED. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
- Dark gray-green metamorphic schist fragment of a head with plain double wig which partly covers ears, but does not have customary divider between the wig's upper and lower portions. Shallow parting above middle of forehead. Natural eyebrows; upper eyelid rim outlined; eyballs with vertical ridge descending towards cheek; faint philtrum; corners of mouth not drilled. Youthful, idealizing face. Head split off in rear at right ear, nose missing, chin damaged, broken off at base of neck.
- Record Last Modified
- 8 May 2024
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian, Late Period
- Accession Date
- 28 Aug 1992
- Collection Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 370312
- USNM Number
- A553060-0
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Length - Object
- 21 cm
- Width - Object
- 17 cm
- Place
- Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8503876
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31011d93c-466b-4a9e-9576-379bbca463b2
