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Object photograph·C01470·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic, Stagion

Head in profile facing left, with curled hair and ear, from Stagion, shown on a photograph mount
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01470. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head in profile facing left, with curled locks over the forehead and combed strands sweeping back behind the ear. The surface is pale grey and worn, and the nose and chin are intact, while the top and back of the head and the neck end in rough, broken edges. The head is shown against a plain pale background on a card mount with handwriting along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic, Stagion.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic, Stagion.