Head of a Woman

1550-1069 BCE or modern (New Kingdom or modern) H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Citation Source image

This head from a statuette of a woman has short hair cut off straight across the forehead. Here eyebrows and the whites of her eyes are hollowed out. The piece is broken irregularly at the neck, and is much split. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.

Sculpture

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34080
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sculpture
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normalized
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Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as 18th Dynasty, Assiout, no. 7]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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