Beard from a coffin or mask
1070–700 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueWood, plaster
DimensionsWidth x length: 6 x 18.5 cm (2 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4795
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession date: June 28, 1872)
2130–1980 B.C.
2350–2194 B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
mid-1st century A.D.
probably 1st century AD
1550–1070 B.C.
about 2nd century A.D., A.D. 100–199