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<em>Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird</em>. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg)
Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg)
<em>Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird</em>. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg)

Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird</em>. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view03.jpg)

Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view03.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird</em>. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view04.jpg)

Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view04.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird</em>. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view02.jpg)

Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view02.jpg)

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Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Wood, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DIMENSIONS 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.400
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Painted wooden figure of a human-headed Ba-bird, as amulet (?). Oblong base, disk on head. No inscription. Not pierced. Condition: Excellent. Colors intact. Disk red, wig black, face and feet yellow with black details, body pale green-blue.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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    <em>Figure of a Human-headed Ba-bird</em>. Wood, pigment, 1 3/4 × 11/16 × 1 in. (4.5 × 1.7 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.400. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.400_view01.jpg)

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