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Head from a Figure

Date:: 13th–14th century
Geography:: United States, Tennessee
Culture:: Mississippian
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: H. 7 7/16 x W. 5 1/2 x D. 6 in. (19 x 14 x 15.2 cm)
Classification:: Stone-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.1139

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 356

Provenance

H. L. Johnson, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN,1887–1916 (possibly); (C.F. Libbie & Co., Boston, April 25–26,1916); whereabouts unknown; [F. S. Scribner, Medfield, MA, until 1965]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1965, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1965–1978
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