Man's Head

1st century BC (Greco-Roman) 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Citation Source image

The head, carved in the round, has human ears and a hair cap. There is a garland of leaves and a flower on the forehead.A cut on the lower left edge has removed the tip of the mustache. The head is hollowed out and a fill material plugs the upper opening.Although the head is t...

Artifact

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11044
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.590

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Medium
bone
Genre
finials

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