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Greek. <em>Small Female Head</em>, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Greek. Small Female Head, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Greek. <em>Small Female Head</em>, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. Small Female Head, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>Small Female Head</em>, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. Small Female Head, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>Small Female Head</em>, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. Small Female Head, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>Small Female Head</em>, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. Small Female Head, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

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Small Female Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Greek
MEDIUM Clay, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E.
    PERIOD Late Ptolemaic Period or early Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.316
    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 terra cotta female head. Flat disk on top of head. Tanagra type. Cast solid. Condition: Extensive remains of a reddish paint on hair and white and blue paint on flesh.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Greek. Small Female Head, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    Greek. <em>Small Female Head</em>, 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Clay, pigment, 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.8 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, 16.316. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.316_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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