Object photograph·Csn0420·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I head (Metropolitan Museum, 1328)

Limestone head of a statue with wavy hair drawn back into a large bun at the back — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0420. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale limestone head of a statue with a straight nose, full lips and deeply cut eyes. Its hair is combed in wavy rows over the top of the head and gathered into a large bun at the back. A crack runs down the face beside the nose, and a number label is painted on the lower neck above a dark cylindrical base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I, Ces.Coll, Metropolitan Museum, 1328..

Swedish, as on the record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Ces.Coll, Metropolitan Museum, 1328..