Head of deity, probably god Indra
HADB 132Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Tapa-i Kafarihā41
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Description
The god is wearing a three-tiered turban, set back from one another. The first one seems to be made of a rolled up band of tissue, the second one is decorated with incisions and the last one seems rigid. The face, thin and smiling, is idealised.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa-i Kafarihā - 41
Conservation location
unknown
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa-i Kafarihā - 41
Conservation location
unknown
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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