Head of Warrior
HADB 381Inv. MK 109Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Tapa Kalān54
Description
This soldier is wearing a turban tied on the side, forming a puff and falling in a flap over the ear. The face is of the local type, aged, with a moustache and no beard. Frowning eyebrows and a half-open mouth give him a tormented expression.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 54
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 109
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 54
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 109
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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