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<em>Mask or Head</em>, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Mask or Head, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Mask or Head</em>, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Mask or Head, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Mask or Head</em>, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Mask or Head, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Mask or Head</em>, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Mask or Head, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Mask or Head</em>, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Mask or Head, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

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Mask or Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 1st-4th century C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period (probably)
    DIMENSIONS 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.315
    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 mask or head of a man with heavy cap on head; mouth slightly open. Subject unidentified. Condition: Surface somewhat discolored, otherwise good.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Mask or Head, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Mask or Head</em>, 1st-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 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, 16.315. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.315_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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