Object photograph·Csn1101·1927–1931

Faience, Carnavan Collection Saite Period (663 - 525 B.C.)

Carved female head with a tall headdress of cobras and spiral side locks, shown on a photo mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1101. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved head with a broad, calm face framed by long striated side locks that end in spiral curls. Above it runs a row of raised cobras, and a single cobra rears up at the top of the pale, weathered object. A band of pointed and rounded ornament curves below the head, and a printed label and blue handwritten note appear along the bottom edge of the mount.

English, translated from the original record

Faience, Carnavan Collection, Saite Period (663 - 525 B.C.). The picture shows a figure and a pattern.