Female Head

ca. 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E.

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Caption

Female Head, ca. 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E.. Clay, pigment, 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 3 in. (8.3 x 5.9 x 7.6 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, 16.288. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Female Head

Date

ca. 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E.

Period

Late Ptolemaic Period or early Roman Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt, Possible place purchased: Cairo, Egypt

Medium

Clay, pigment

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 3 in. (8.3 x 5.9 x 7.6 cm)

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

Accession Number

16.288

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