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Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view3_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view3_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.162_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

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Head of Female Figurine

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
  • Place Collected: Egypt
    • DATES 6th-7th century C.E.
    PERIOD Late Antique Period
    DIMENSIONS 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.162
    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 head of a figurine. Modelled and painted in black and orange-red. Female head wearing high triangular headdress. Hollow. Broken off at neck. Headdress pierced in three places. Condition: Part of headdress chipped, paint worn.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Coptic. Head of Female Figurine, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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    Coptic. <em>Head of Female Figurine</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in. (5.9 x 4.7 x 2.4 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, 16.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.162_view1_ICA.jpg)

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    6th-7th century C.E.
    Coptic
    Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Figurine
    head of a figurine
    Terracotta

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    6th-7th century C.E.
    Coptic
    Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Figurine
    head of a figurine
    Terracotta

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