Title/Description
Head of a man
Material
wood, ground layer, paint
Condition
painted surface worn; surface of the bottom is covered by ground layer
Dimensions
H: 13 cm W: 12 cm D: 12 cm
Iconography
Description: an individual representation of a head (not part of a statue or bust); constituted from three parts; with traces of ancient ground layer on the bottom
Wig: ca. shoulder-length, painted black
Face: painted brick red; finely elaborated features; black and white painted eyes and black painted eyebrows
Function
Funerary furniture/Part of the private burial equipment (associated with magical protection of the head of the transfigured dead or ancestor cult, see E. Varga, E., Une tête de bois peint d'Egypte, Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts 53 (1979),
Date
New Kingdom, early Ramesside Period
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown (Purchased from an art dealer in 1958)
Bibliography
Parallels
Bust with double feather headdress, private collection (E. Varga, Une tête de bois peint d'Egypte, Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts 53 (1979), fig. 7-9)
Inventory Number
58.2-E