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Head of brahman

HADB 303Inv. KM 62.3.375, NKM 04.03.215Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of brahman, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān67

Description

The lines of this brahman are idealized. The youthful face is chubby, with a soft and smiling expression. The eyes are half closed. The hair falls in twisted locks framing the face and the earlobes are distended.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 67

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

KM 62.3.375, NKM 04.03.215

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 446, K.p. Ha. 1251.318-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 83 c-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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