Object photograph·C08499b·1927–1931

North Africa

Female head in pale stone with curled hair pierced by drilled holes, on a dark wooden base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08499b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head of a woman in pale stone, with a broken neck and shoulder fragment, stands on a dark rectangular wooden base. The hair is arranged in heavy curls with many small drilled holes, and the face has large eyes, a straight nose and parted lips, with the surface pitted and worn in places. Other objects and a small sculpted head are partly visible in the room behind, and handwriting and a printed label appear along the bottom edge of the mounted print.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.