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Head of Warrior

HADB 396Inv. MK 163Bāgh Gaï
Bāgh GaïFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Warrior, Bāgh Gaï, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Bāgh Gaï

Location

Bāgh Gaï56

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Description

This elderly, toothless warrior wears his hair smooth and short. Some strands fall, tapering, over the forehead and temples; one of them forms a spike on the top of the head. The eyebrows are furrowed in a worried expression.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Bāgh Gaï - 56

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 163

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 428, K.p. Ha. 1182.249-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 89 d-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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