Object photograph·C05524g·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 4 (Me.1059)

Terracotta head of a figure from Mersinaki, shown frontally with downcast eyes and hair falling to the shoulders — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05524g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small head modelled in terracotta, with a broad face, heavy-lidded downcast eyes, a straight nose and a rounded chin. The head is covered by close-fitting hair or a hood that falls down behind the shoulders, and the surface is pitted and worn. The photograph is a print pasted on a pale card mount, with the head shown frontally against a plain background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 4, Me.1059.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 4. Me.1059.

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