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Keywords: Egyptian - Head of a Man - Walters 2262.jpg This excellently worked head once belonged to a statue of a dignitary but is now broken off at the neck The head displays attention to detail both in the treatment of the facial features and in the careful indication of the tight curls forming the owner's wig Remnants of a black-painted uninscribed pillar reach the middle of the back of the head He wears a black wig of short concentric curls that covers his ears His flesh was originally red the typical skin color used to represent ancient Egyptian males ; however only traces of red pigment remain around the edge of the face the corners of the eyes the sides of the neck and on the mouth The eyebrows and lids are carved in low relief In addition to the extensive loss of pigment and the break at the neck there is also damage to the nose chin lips and the cheeks of this piece ca 2350 2280 BC Old Kingdom limestone with paint cm 13 11 12 5 accession number 22 62 33921 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian Old Kingdom
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