Head of Bastet from a menat (beaded necklace with counterpoise)
Date2nd-1st century B.C.
Maker
Egyptian
Object number68.87
Provenance[Mathias Komor, New York, New York]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum (with funds from Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), March 1968
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Is Egyptian Art African?, June 2, 1998 - July 30, 1999
Columbia, Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, "Egyptian Art Under The Greeks and Romans: 332 B.C. - A.D. 330", Sept. 25 - Nov. 15, 1987. (09/25/1987 - 11/15/1987)Published ReferencesTeeter, Emily, Egyptian Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1988, no. 13, p. 22
Teeter, Emily, The Egyptian Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 2001, illus. p. 34Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions5 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. (14 x 5.7 x 0.6 cm)
MediumFaience
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