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Headrest with Dual Carved Images of Bes Emerging from a Lotus Blossom2687 - 31 BCE

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Carved wooden headrest with a wide crescent-shaped form on a small rectangular base, reddish-brown with worn, cracked surface and traces of ochre pigment

Unknown, Headrest with Dual Carved Images of Bes Emerging from a Lotus Blossom, 2687 - 31 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Headrest with Dual Carved Images of Bes Emerging from a Lotus Blossom
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
2687 - 31 BCE
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
3 15/16 x 7 3/4 in. (10 x 19.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.7
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art