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Terracotta Head

Indian

Artwork Details

Terracotta Head
7th century
Indian
terracotta
8 in x 4 ½ in (20.32 cm x 11.43 cm);3 x 4 ½ in. (8.89 x 11.43 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2018/2.127

Description

Physical Description:

The head of a person looking down, or with eyes half closed. There is a raised circle between the two eyebrows. Seventeen spheres cover the front of the figure's head, across the forehead, from ear to ear. Each sphere is pierced with many holes.

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