Detail View: The AMICA Library: Head of an Official
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1920.261
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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African; North African; Egyptian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egyptian
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Title:
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Head of an Official
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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front view
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Creation Date:
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Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13 (c. 1783 B.C.)
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Creation Start Date:
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-1789
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Creation End Date:
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-1678
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Materials and Techniques:
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Black granite
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Subject Description:
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The large size and fine quality of the head suggests that it was commissioned for a substantial government official to be used in his tomb. As a representative of the dead it would have symbolically partaken of the offerings brought to the tomb. The almost life-sized figure wears a conventional wig.
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Creation Place:
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Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Dimensions:
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H: 33.8 cm (13-3/4 in.); W.: 46.3 cm (18-1/4 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1920.261
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E28472.TIF
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