Head in Short Wig, ca. 1938–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 77.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 77.6_PS2.jpg)
Head in Short Wig, ca. 1938–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 77.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.77.6_erg456_2015.jpg)
Head in Short Wig, ca. 1938–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 77.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.77.6_tlf.jpg)
Head in Short Wig
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Egyptologists rely on stylistic analysis to assign a date to an object lacking both an inscription and an archaeological provenance, or place of origin. Two details—the horizontal form of the eyebrows and the short, curled wig exposing part of the ears—indicate that this head was carved during one of the first two reigns of the Twelfth Dynasty.
MEDIUM
Limestone
DATES
ca. 1938–1875 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
early Dynasty 12
PERIOD
Middle Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
4 1/2 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
77.6
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1942, provenance not yet documented; before 1942, acquired by Esther Slater Kerrigan; January 10, 1942, purchased at Sotheby's, New York, NY, "Collection of Esther Slater Kerrigan," lot 385, by the Brummer Galleries (N5280); November 16-17, 1964, sold at Sotheby's, New York, "Ernest Brummer Collection of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities and Works of Art" lot 86; between 1964 and 1976, provenance not yet documented; by 1976, acquired by Uraeus Galerie, Paris, France; 1977, purchased from Uraeus Galerie by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
One limestone head of a male figure wearing a short curled wig which leaves the ears exposed. Plastic eyebrows and cosmetic lines around the eyes.
Condition: Slightly traces of orangish pigment on the skin area; preserved from the neck up; there are large chips out of the top of the wig and the nose; the face is scratched in several places.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Head in Short Wig, ca. 1938–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 77.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 77.6_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 77.6_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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