Object photograph·C00287·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic, figurine (So. 022)

Head figurine with a flat-topped cap and smiling face, from the Soli finds, photographed on a black background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00287. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small head wearing a broad, flat-topped cap, carved in a pale, rough-textured material and shown frontally against a black background. The face has almond-shaped eyes, a short nose and a smiling mouth, and the ears show partly beneath the cap. The base of the head is cut off flat, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a handwritten label along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic, So. 022.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic, So. 022.

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