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Head of Warrior

HADB 378Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Warrior, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān69

Description

The soldier is wearing a turban with a chinstrap under his chin. The face is very eroded and idealized. The figure is chubby and mustachioed, his half-open mouth giving him a stupefied expression.

Observations

This head, which was kept in the Kabul Museum, has disappeared.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 69

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 453, K.p. Ha. 1276.343-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 109 d-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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