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Headrest

Headrest, between 200 BCE and 200 CE

  • Egyptian

Polychromed limestone

  • Overall: 9 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (24.1 × 26 × 14.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Matilda R. Wilson Fund

76.65

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

(Bruce and Ingrid McAlpine, London, England)

1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Headrest, between 200 BCE and 200 CE, polychromed limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Matilda R. Wilson Fund, 76.65.

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