Bust of Warrior
HADB 402Inv. MG 17128Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Description
This soldier is wearing a turban tied to the side and pulled over his chin. The face belongs to a local type. Old and mustachioed, with frowning eyebrows and parted lips, he is dressed in a tunic and brandishes a curved rectangular shield.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 11cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 54
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17128
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 11cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 54
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17128
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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