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Head of a donor

HADB 319Inv. MK 144Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of a donor, Tapa-i Kafarihā, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa-i Kafarihā

Location

Tapa-i Kafarihā9

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Description

Wearing a Phrygian cap, the usual hairstyle of warriors, the face of this donor is of the local type: thin moustache, straight nose, triangular face, pointed chin.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa-i Kafarihā - 9

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 144

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 421, K.p. Ha. 1157.224-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 95 d-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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