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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian
Title:Egyptian Head
Date Made:395-641 CE (Byzantine Period)
Type:Sculpture
Materials:Dark red terracotta with white slip; black, blue, and green pigment
Place Made:Africa; Egypt; Ehnasya
Measurements:overall: 3 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.6 cm x 6.4 cm x 3.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1904.3.A.C
Credit Line:Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Head wearing a traingular headdress with uraeus over the center of the forehead. Clay: dark red; slip: white; paint: blue, black and green; features and details of wig painted in outline; uraeus is green. (?) Flat back; solid core; hand formed (without mold).

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; royalty; heads

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