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Head of Warrior

HADB 357Inv. KM 62.3.351, NKM 04.03.219Bāgh Gaï
Bāgh GaïFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Warrior, Bāgh Gaï, Hadda
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Photo by Francine Tissot

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Bāgh Gaï

Location

Bāgh Gaï56

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Description

This middle-aged warrior has a shaved chin and a moustache. The hair is treated in twisted curls that fall down to frame the face. The very eroded state of the hair makes it impossible to be certain, but perhaps he was wearing a headdress. The earlobes are deformed, and a thick disc-shaped curl is visible on the left ear.

Observations

We believe that this head has been recorded twice in the "Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan". The first time is on p. 421, K.p. Ha. 1159.226 from fig. 83d of Barthoux's publication, the second time on p. 423, K.p. Ha. 1164.231 from a photo in S. Mizuno 1963, p. 153.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 9.8cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Bāgh Gaï - 56

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

KM 62.3.351, NKM 04.03.219

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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