Head of Warrior
HADB 396Inv. MK 163Bāgh Gaï
Bāgh GaïFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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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
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
Part of the themed route