Head of Bes
Head of Bes

Currently not on view

Head of Bes

Egyptian
y1946-385

Information

Title
Head of Bes
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
4.4 x 3.6 x 0.8 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from the Ira Nelson Morris Collection
Object Number
y1946-385
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Type
amulets, religious objects
Materials
faience
Subject
deities, headdresses, mythology, heads

Purchased by the Metropolitan Museum from the Ira Nelson Morris Collection; given to the Museum in 1946.

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