An Egyptian Alabaster Headrest Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Circa 2323-2150 B.C. Height 7 3/4 inches. Provenance: Nicolas Tano, Cairo, Egypt, prior to 14 April 1922. Acquired from the above by Mrs. William Merrill Prindle (1864-1963), Duluth, Minnesota and Pasadena, California; thence by descent. Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities, 15 December 2016, Lot 5. (The headrest is referred to in a letter from Nicholas Tano to Mrs. Prindle dated 14 April 1922)