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Headrest

Headrest
 2160 BCE-2025 BCE

Medium
wood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood
Measurements
(a-c) 20.7 × 21.1 × 8.8 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Sedment, Egypt
Accession Number
3399B.a-c-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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