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<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_overall_PS11.jpg)
Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_overall_PS11.jpg)
<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_overall_PS11.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_overall_PS11.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_back_PS11.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_back_PS11.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view01.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view01.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view02.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view02.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view03.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view03.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view04.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view04.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view05.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view05.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view06.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view06.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view07.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_view07.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.107_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

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Falcon Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze, gold
  • Reportedly From: El Mashayikh (Lepidotonpolis), Egypt
    • DATES 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier
    DYNASTY Dynasty 26, or earlier
    PERIOD Late Period (or earlier)
    DIMENSIONS 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.107
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small bronze Horus-Hawk head inlaid with gold. Condition: The piece appears to be of outstanding quality but is in sadly damaged condition though apparently intact. Most of the object, in particular the face, is covered with heavy dark green corrosion with numerous spots of light green. The details of the face have suffered considerably and some of the gold inlay is doubtless lost.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Falcon Head, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_overall_PS11.jpg)
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    <em>Falcon Head</em>, 664–525 B.C.E., or earlier. Bronze, gold, 1 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.1 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.107. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.107_overall_PS11.jpg)

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