Object photograph·C06469·1927–1931

Limestone Minor Plastic, figurine (V.408)

Limestone figurine of a bust with a hooded head and one arm bent across the chest, from Vouni — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06469. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A worked limestone figure in shallow relief showing the head and upper body. The head is framed by a rounded hood or veil, with a small nose, mouth and eyes set in a rounded face. One arm is bent across the chest, and the other arm runs along the lower edge of the piece; the stone surface is pitted and worn.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Minor Plastic, V.408.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Minor Plastic. V.408

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