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<em>Female Head</em>, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Female Head, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Female Head</em>, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Head</em>, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Head</em>, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Head</em>, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

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Female Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Clay
  • Possible Place Made: Medinet el Faiyum (vicinity), Egypt
    • DATES 101 C.E.-300 C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 3.4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.268
    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 Terracotta female head. Hair elaborately braided rising in center to double upright oval braid. Details of back of hair incised. Pierced at ears and at left center of head. Cast hollow in two part mould. Condition: Black stains (ink?) scattered over face and back.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Female Head, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Female Head</em>, 101 C.E.-300 C.E. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.8 x 6.1 x 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, 16.268. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.268_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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