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Head of god Indra or a Bodhisattva

HADB 258Inv. MK 57 - KM 62-3-478Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of god Indra or a Bodhisattva, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Francine Tissot

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān54

Description

The figure depicted could bethe god Indra, a Bodhisattva or a secondary deity. He is wearing a turban that is folded back and attached by a medallion at the forehead to fall back into a palmette. Barely wavy hair falls on the nape of the neck. The face is smiling, youthful.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 6.7cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 54

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 57 - KM 62-3-478

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 402, K.p. Ha. 1082.149-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 80 d-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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