Collection Online as of June 9, 2023

(1295-1186 BC)

Face of bronze inlaid with gilt copper, wig of black copper (?) with copper striations

Overall: 2.7 x 1.8 x 2.1 cm (1 1/16 x 11/16 x 13/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.708

Location

not on view

Provenance

Said to be from Thebes, Wadi Qubbanet el-Qirud. Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent

Citations

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 384; Mentioned: p. 384

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Falcon's Head

Egypt, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (1540-1296 BC) or early Dynasty 19

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