Head of a Man with a Shaved Head

Head of a Man with a Shaved Head

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This compelling, bald-headed man has a large skull with distinctive details and an overall angularity. It’s unusual features, particularly the U-shaped depression at the top of the head, may indicate that it is the product of a singular sculpture workshop that produced statues with distinctive stylistic elements.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.