Secondary Deity playing a musical instrument
Tapa Kalān - Figure
Medallion from a capital representing a bust of a female musician. The figure stands out against a background of plant motifs. Her head is surrounded by a nimbus decorated with incisions. The face is idealised, smiling, round, with wide open eyes. She seems to be wearing earrings. She plays a stringed instrument, a kind of santoor. It seems to be made of a piece of wood, decorated with incisions, where strings are stretched, fixed and tightened by rivets.
Bibliographical References :BARTHOUX Jules - 1930 - Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines - Pl. 97 f
TISSOT Francine - 2006 - Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985) - P. 376, K.p. Ha. 998.65