About the Artwork
Head of a Falcon
between 2nd and 1st century BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Quartzite
Overall: 2 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 1 inches (5.7 × 5.4 × 2.5 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of the Mendes Excavation
80.70
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Provenance
excavated at (Mendes in the Eastern Nile Delta by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University - American Research Center in Egypt excavations, Donald P. Hansen, Director)
1980-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Head of a Falcon, between 2nd and 1st century BCE, quartzite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Mendes Excavation, 80.70.
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