Field photograph·C08513·1927–1931

Stone statue of a man, North Africa

Carved stone figure of a man with curly hair and a short beard, one hand raised to his chest, in North Africa — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08513. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone figure of a man, shown from the chest up, with curly hair, a short beard and wide-open eyes. He wears a garment with heavy folds over the shoulders and raises one hand to his chest, while the other hand rests at his side. The figure is set into a rough stone block, with a carved band at the top left and a small number label on the right edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa. Statue of a man in stone.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.