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The female donors of Haḍḍa

Alongside the Buddhas and the monks, the monasteries of Haḍḍa preserved the faces of the laypeople who sustained them. This tour gathers nineteen female or youthful donor heads: pearl diadems, spiral-wound turbans, chignons bound with ribbons, idealised smiling faces. Several remain of uncertain identification, between donor, deity or genie.

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  1. Female Donor

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    Female Donor

    Tapa Kalān · Stucco

    A particularly refined coiffure: a diadem of pearls adorns the forehead.

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  2. Head of female or male Donor

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    Head of female or male Donor

    Chakhil-i Ghoundi · Stucco

    A diadem with a central pearl and a circular ornament set with cabochons; a female or young male donor.

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  3. Head of Female Donor

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    Head of Female Donor

    Chakhil-i Ghoundi · Stucco

    Her diadem of pearls and jewels is adorned with a shell or a small horn.

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  4. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Bāgh Gaï · Stucco

    The head is girded with two bands, stylised curls framing the forehead.

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  5. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Tapa-i Kafarihā · Stucco

    A turban wound on three levels forms a kind of spiralling chignon.

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  6. Head of Female Donor or Secondary Deity

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    Head of Female Donor or Secondary Deity

    Tapa Kalān · Stucco

    The turban forms two spirals before falling as a veil behind the nape; donor or deity.

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  7. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Tapa Kalān · Stucco

    The turban is wound around the forehead, then twisted around a loop-shaped panel.

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  8. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Haḍḍa, lost location · Stucco

    The hair, smoothed on either side of a middle parting, is gathered in a chignon bound with a ribbon.

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  9. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Tapa Kalān · Stucco

    An original coiffure: the curly hair is partly gathered in a chignon on top of the head.

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  10. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Tapa-i Kafarihā · Stucco

    A roll of curls frames the youthful, idealised, smiling face.

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  11. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Tapa-i Kafarihā · Stucco

    The features of this smiling donor bear the mark of western art.

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  12. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Bāgh Gaï · Stucco

    Long, slightly wavy hair; round cheeks and a faint smile.

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  13. Head of a female donor

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    Head of a female donor

    Tapa Kalān · Stucco

    Long hair falls on either side of a middle parting, covering earrings.

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  14. Head of female Donor

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    Head of female Donor

    Chakhil-i Ghoundi · Stucco

    Two furrows part the hair: she may have worn diadems or ornaments.

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  15. Head of a young Donor / or female Donor

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    Head of a young Donor / or female Donor

    Tapa Kalān · Stucco

    The two rolled ends of a ribbon loop fall over the forehead.

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  16. Head of a young Donor / or female Donor

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    Head of a young Donor / or female Donor

    Chakhil-i Ghoundi · Stucco

    Childlike features, the hair bound with a headband; a young male or female donor.

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  17. Head of a young Donor / or female Donor

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    Head of a young Donor / or female Donor

    Bāgh Gaï · Stucco

    The mouth sketches a pout; a young male or female donor.

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  18. Head of a female donor, or deity

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    Head of a female donor, or deity

    Bāgh Gaï · Stucco

    A head of feminine aspect, perhaps a deity, a Bodhisattva, a donor, or Brahma judging by its companion figure.

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  19. Head of a female donor or genius

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    Head of a female donor or genius

    Haḍḍa, lost location · Stucco

    Donor or genie: the band carries a large central ornament representing a pearl.

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