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Head of Warrior

HADB 352Inv. MK 44, KM 62.3.377, NKM 04.3.17Pratès
PratèsFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Warrior, Pratès, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Pratès

Location

Pratès

Description

This warrior is wearing a turban with a disc-shaped front clasp. At the back, this cap is decorated with a puff. His hair is treated in beautiful stylised curls, round on the forehead and in the form of rolls around the ears. The earlobes are elongated. He has a moustache and a shaved chin. The tormented features bear the mark of Western influence.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 10.5cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Pratès

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 44, KM 62.3.377, NKM 04.3.17

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 423, K.p. Ha. 1166.233-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

MIZUNO Seiichi

1963

P. 152-The Ancient Art of Afghanistan

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 74 b-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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