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Object photograph·C04697·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2

Terracotta head in right profile, with waved hair drawn back from the brow and a large ear
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04697. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The terracotta head is shown in right profile against a plain grey background. The rounded skull carries hair arranged in wavy ridges swept back from the brow, and a large ear sits above the neck. The face has a long straight nose and full lips, and the neck ends in a rough break resting on a band of white plaster or filler at the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2.

Swedish, as on the record

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