Head of an Ancestor

1900

Scroll

Head of an Ancestor

1900

Physical Qualities Stone, 8 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 x Diam. 7 13/16 in. (22.6 x 6.4 x 7 x 19.8 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger

Object Number 1955.251.153

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger

"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art

"4000 years of Modern Art", November 27th 1956-January 13th 1957, Baltimore Museum of Art

Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg. 36. cat no. 153.

Sunday Sun. Brown Section. January 8th 1956.

"4000 years of Modern Art", November 27th 1956-January 13th 1957, Baltimore Museum of Art.cat no. 17.

Explore the Collection Further

AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

STUDY FOR HEADPIECE FROM "THE JINX" (REFUSED ETCHING)

Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Study for headpiece from "Le Guignon" (refused etching)

20th century

STUDY FOR HEADPIECE FROM "THE FAUNE" (REFUSED ETCHING)

Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse, Presentation Maquette, Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé

Study for headpiece from "Le Faune" refused etching)

20th century

Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.

"Sheep's Head" Fish Plate

1878–1879

Dehua kilns

Bowl with Applied and Slip-Trailed Lotus and Arrowhead Design

1100–1299

Somaya Critchlow

Black Head Study

2018

Robert Trossin and Guido Reni

Head of the Virgin Looking Upwards

1868