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Source Description
This man has a wig that is swept behind the ears rather than a shaved head. The eyes express the age of the subject.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
36250
label
Head of Old Man
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
36250
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of Old Man
description
This man has a wig that is swept behind the ears rather than a shaved head. The eyes express the age of the subject.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 4th-mid 3rd century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
sculpture
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
15.8
height
7.9
depth
8.7
dimensionsRaw
6 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. (15.8 x 7.9 x 8.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
30th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
granodiorite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4aafa27192e4934b