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<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg)
Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

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Male Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 2nd-3rd century C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.230
    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 Apparently from a statue, portraying a bald old man. Cast solid in two-part mould. Condition: Ears missing, othewrise good.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Male Head, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Male Head</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.9 x 2.2 x 2.9 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, 16.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.230_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

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