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<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Female Head, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

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Female Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Clay, pigment
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES 3rd century C.E.
PERIOD Roman Period
DIMENSIONS 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.310
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 Terra cotta female head apparently from a statuette. Braided hair surmounted by headdress. Subject unidentified. Cast solid in two part mould. Condition: Poor features; badly worn. Casting of poor quality. Extensive remains of white pigment over entire surface. Faint traces of blue pigment on headdress.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Female Head, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE front, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 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, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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