Headrest
Egyptian, Thebes, Egypt, Africa
Third Millennium BCE
Wood
Overall: 1 5/8 × 10 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (4.2 × 25.5 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.2.494
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Period
8000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Furniture: Headrest
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013
AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
Exhibition History
Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.
Provenance
Collected by Mary Maynard Hitchcock (1834-1887) and Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), in Egypt (possibly from a dealer in Alexandria or Cairo), about 1867-68; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
Old Number
Red No. 12.490; glass plate negative #: 28B4
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