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Small Horned Head
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Two large eyes, hollow to receive inlays, dominate the face of this small, formerly horned head with cattle ears. A prominent nose sits above a diminutive mouth and chin. The incised line of the eyebrows continues to the sides of the head, indicating curls of hair. Both horns and the back of the head have broken off. Vertically pierced (diameter of the drill hole: 0.2 cm), this head of a divine being could have been worn as an amulet.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
[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.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian
Title: Small Horned Head
Description:
Two large eyes, hollow to receive inlays, dominate the face of this small, formerly horned head with cattle ears.
A prominent nose sits above a diminutive mouth and chin.
The incised line of the eyebrows continues to the sides of the head, indicating curls of hair.
Both horns and the back of the head have broken off.
Vertically pierced (diameter of the drill hole: 0.
2 cm), this head of a divine being could have been worn as an amulet.
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