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<em>Head or Mask</em>, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Head or Mask</em>, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head or Mask</em>, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head or Mask</em>, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head or Mask</em>, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Head or Mask

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta
  • Possible Place Made: El Mansha (Ptolemais Hermiou), Egypt
    • DATES 3rd century C.E. or later
    PERIOD Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.299
    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 terracotta head or mask. Harpocrates (?). Row of curls around face. Subject unidentified. Cast open in one piece mould. Condition: Top chipped.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Head or Mask</em>, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.299_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
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