Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Female Head

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Female Head, late 5th to 4th century B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 1 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in. (3.4 x 2.8 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, 16.308. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A sculpted head of a figure wearing a headdress.

The artifact is a sculpted head in profile view, depicting a figure adorned with a textured headdress. The style suggests a focus on detailed hair or textile representation, indicative of a particular cultural or religious significance. The composition highlights facial features like the nose and mouth, common in portraiture from specific historical periods.

royal Ptolemaic good
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.308 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9566 tier-2
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