Object photograph·C01481·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic

Head of a figure with carved curls, a chipped nose and a cracked mouth, photographed against a black background. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01481. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale head with curls carved over the forehead and down the sides, shown frontally against a black background. The almond-shaped eyes are heavy-lidded, the nose is chipped and a crack runs across the mouth at the right. The neck ends in a flat, broken base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic.