The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 23, 2023

Lion Head, perhaps a Steering Oar Butt

2040–1648 BC

Egypt, Probably Middle Kingdom, 2040-1648 BC

Wood

Overall: 2.4 x 1.8 x 2.4 cm (15/16 x 11/16 x 15/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.721

Location

not on view

Provenance
Purchased in Egypt 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. 206; Mentioned: p. 206
Exhibition history

CMA 1916, no. 161, p. 225

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.721