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Object photograph·C03510·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2. AR

Terracotta head of a figure in a rounded cap, with hatched eyebrows and large eyes, photographed frontally.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03510. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head of a figure wearing a rounded cap or headdress, with incised hatched eyebrows, large almond-shaped eyes with traces of blue paint, a straight nose and a small mouth. The head is broken off just below the chin, and some surface chips show on the cap and at the left side. It is shown frontally against a pale background on a mounted print with a light border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2. AR.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 2. AR.