Headrest
Date: ca. 2686-2125 B.C.
Place made:Egypt
Dimensions:height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
width: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
depth: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund
Object number: 2002.18.1
Provenance: with Keith Seele (1898-1971), Chicago by 1971; by inheritance to Diedericka Seele (1897-1992), Chicago, 1971; sold by Diedericka Seele to Charles C. Van Siclen III (1944-2023), San Antonio, about 1978-1979; sold by Charles C. Van Siclen, San Antonio, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2002
Exhibition History: "Mummies, Myths and Magic," Witte Museum, San Antonio, Sept. 22, 1989-Apr. 8, 1990.
Published References
C. C. Van Siclen, III, An Illustrated Checklist for Mummies, Myths and Magic (San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1990), p. 58, no. 1 (illus.).