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Bust of Demon

HADB 192Inv. MK 78, KM 63.3.419, NKM 04.3.16Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Bust of Demon, 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

This demonic soldier is dressed in a sort of haubert and brandishes a shield. The face is frightening and deformed. The eyes are bulging and the ears are disproportionate and deformed.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 78, KM 63.3.419, NKM 04.3.16

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 458, K.p. Ha. 1295.362-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 106 b-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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