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Object photograph·C03520·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2

Terracotta head in left profile, with a banded headband and ridged locks of hair at the side.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03520. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A grey terracotta head in left profile, cut off at the neck and shown against a plain grey backdrop. It has a long straight nose, a small mouth and chin, and a defined eye, with a band or headdress marked by incised lines across the brow. Ridged hair locks sit at the side of the head, and the surface is pitted with blue-tinged marks.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2.

Swedish, as on the record

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