Head of Demon
Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān68
Description
This hybrid demon, half-human and half-animal, has bristly hair in the form of flames. One of its eyes is exorbitant, without lids; from the other, a tendril-like tentacle emerges. It opens its mouth from which a monstrous tongue emerges.
1928 / today
Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 8.5cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17383
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 8.5cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17383
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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