Head of Demon
Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Description
Broken and fragmentary, this demon shows a half-animal, half-human face. Grotesque and terrifying, his hair bristling in the shape of flames and his ears drooping like a dog's, he stretches his mouth with one hand, revealing prominent teeth. Perhaps he was doing the same with his other hand.
1928 / today
Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 12cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17381
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 12cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17381
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Bibliographic Reference
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