About the Artwork
Head from an Anthropoid Sarcophagus
between 332 and 30 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Carved limestone
Including small mount: 29 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 13 inches (74.3 × 49.5 × 33 cm) Mount: 9 × 13 × 11 inches (22.9 × 33 × 27.9 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Dikran Kelekian
25.13
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Provenance
Dikran Kelekian [1868-1951] (New York, New York, USA): 1925-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Family Art Game: The Art of Diversity," The Detroit Free Press (April 26, 1991): p. 2 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].
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Egyptian, Head from an Anthropoid Sarcophagus, between 332 and 30 BCE, carved limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dikran Kelekian, 25.13.
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