About the Artwork
Human Head
between 1193 and 1162 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Carved stone
Overall (depth-sight): 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 1 inches (8.9 × 9.5 × 2.5 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Mrs. Constance Haass McMath
55.451
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Lord Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk, England)
June 13, 1921, sale through (Sotheby's, London, England). 1925, Joseph Brummer (New York, New York, USA)
Julius Haass (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Mrs. Constance Haass McMath
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Human Head, between 1193 and 1162 BCE, carved stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Constance Haass McMath, 55.451.
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