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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.239
Title
Head of a Woman
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, head
Date
early 1st Millennium BCE?
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
Period
Neo-Assyrian period
Culture
Near Eastern
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/369977

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard limestone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
4.2 × 3 × 3.5 cm (1 5/8 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Charles D. Kelekian, New York (by 1952-1982)], by descent; to [Kelekian Associates, New York (1982-1992)], by descent; to Nanette Rodney Kelekian, New York (1992-2021), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.

NOTE:
"Kelekian Associates" was formed at the death of Charles D. Kelekian by Nanette Rodney Kelekian and her mother Beatrice Kelekian. Upon Beatrice Kelekian’s death in 1992, ownership passed to Nanette Rodney Kelekian.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.239
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This female head, likely broken off a statuette, is incomplete in its current state. The eyes—and perhaps also the brows—were once inlaid, and the recessed area extending from the forehead to the sides and around the back of the head suggests that the hair, too, was added in a different material. The head is topped by a flat circular disk with a central hole, indicating that a headdress was added or that the figure served as a support of some kind. The disk is chipped, and the stone surface overall has a brownish “patina” that is darker in the eye cavities.

Verification Level

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