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Head of Demon

HADB 200Inv. KM 63.3.416, NKM 04.3.28Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Demon, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān35

Description

This demon takes on the guise of a soldier. He wears a cap fitted with a disc clasp. His eyebrows are furrowed, his gaze is worried, and he wears a voluminous moustache. The demonic mark is only betrayed by his bovine ears.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 35

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

KM 63.3.416, NKM 04.3.28

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 452, K.p. Ha. 1272.339-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 103 c-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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