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Head of god Indra

HADB 131Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of god Indra, Tapa-i Kafarihā, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa-i Kafarihā

Location

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Description

The god wears a rigid mukuṭa, consisting of a headband surmounted by a sort of "toque" with a high polygonal top. Earrings adorn the elongated earlobes. The face is fine, smiling, idealized.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 400, K.p. Ha. 1076.143-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 75 c-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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