Object photograph·C00291a·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, figurine (So.117)

Terracotta figurine of a head with a projecting nose and mouth on a short rounded body, from Soli. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00291a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small grey-buff figurine photographed head-on against a dark background. The face has large rounded eyes with incised brows and a broad, projecting nose and mouth, and the head rests on a short, rounded body. The surface is speckled and worn, with a dark hole on the lower body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, So.117.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. So.117.

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