Object photograph·C04549·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (A.I.973)

Terracotta figurine of a standing figure with a broad head, arms held at the sides and three painted bands on the body. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04549. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A hand-modelled terracotta figurine photographed frontally against a plain grey backdrop. The head has a prominent nose and a band or fringe of raised lumps across the top, the shoulders are broad and the arms are short projections at the sides, and the cylindrical body below has three dark horizontal bands. The base is slightly flared and the surface is worn and plain.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.I.973.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.I.973.

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