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Beard from a Statue of a God
Unknown664-30 B.C.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Bronze beard from a statue of a god. Front surface inlaid with dark blue glass strips. Tip of beard has six grooves for vertical inlays. Cast hollow and made as separate piece.Condition: Over half of the inlays are missing.
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Details
- Title: Beard from a Statue of a God
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 664-30 B.C.
- Location Created: Egypt
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: 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
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/9505/Beard_from_a_Statue_of_a_God
- Medium: Bronze, glass, faience paste
- Period: Late Period - Greco-Roman Period
- Dynasty: XXVI Dynasty or later
- Dimensions: 7/8 x 9/16 x 3 1/16 in. (2.2 x 1.5 x 7.7 cm)
- Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession number: 16.241
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