Object photograph·C04426·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, statuette (A.I.872)

Terracotta statuette of a standing figure with arms crossed over the chest, shown from the front — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04426. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta figurine of a standing human figure, photographed frontally against a plain pale background. The body is a tall, tapering column that widens into a flared base, and the head has a banded hairstyle and a small face with eyes and mouth. The arms are bent across the chest, with one hand raised near the shoulder, and cracks and join lines run across the lower body and base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.I.872.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.I.872.

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