Head of the Goddess Sekhmet
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
New Kingdom, most likely Dynasty 18, Reign of Amenhotep III (1390-1352 BCE)
Granodiorite
Overall: 13 × 13 3/4 in. (33 × 35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith, Class of 1918.
S.975.6
Geography
Place Made: possibly Thebes, Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
ARTH 20, Art of Ancient Egypt and the Near East, Steven Kangas, Spring 2013
ARTH 20, Art of Ancient Egypt and the Near East, Steven Kangas, Spring 2013
ARTH 20, The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East, Steven Kangas, Winter 2014
ARTH 20, The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East, Steve Kangas, Winter 2014
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 4, 1975-April 1978.
Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 31, 1978-February, 1982.
Egyptian Antiquities at Dartmouth, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12, 2011-August 13, 2012.
Egyptian Art from the Permanent Collection Featuring New Acquisitions, Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 21-May 21, 1978.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 13, 2000-February 7, 2005.
Glimpses of Ancient Life, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection of Ancient Art, Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 19, 2000.
Provenance
Bonnie Dora Jones Smith (1899-1990) and Ray Winfield Smith (1897-1982, Class of 1918), Houston, Texas; given to present collection, 1975.
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