Head of Donor

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān33
Description
This donor head is very damaged. The hair is treated in beautiful soft waves going from front to back, on either side of a median parting. The features of the face have a local character: short and wide forehead, large almond-shaped eyes, strong busted nose, mouth close to the nose, oval face.
Observations
Barthoux specifies that this modeling was "in clay covered with a film of colored lime, fired by a fire". It is probably the technique of stucco based on lime.
1928 / today


Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 24.5cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 33
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17283
Traces of polychromy
Yes
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 24.5cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 33
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17283
Traces of polychromy
Yes
Restoration
No restoration
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