Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group / Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
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- Accession Number
- 1948/1.102
- Title
- Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- stucco
- Object Creation Date
- circa 5th century
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Buddhist Hadda
- Dimensions
- 32 cm x 22 cm x 22.5 cm (12 5/8 in. x 8 11/16 in. x 8 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 5th century
- Physical Description
- This head of a male figure with curly hair and a mustache would once have been part of a large stucco sculpture group. Part of the stucco has flaked away from the right-hand side of the face.
- Subject Matter
- Head of a male figure, a fragment of a larger sculptural work. The handsome mustachioed figure may have been an attendant to the Buddha.
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- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- the human body
- upper body
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 711 x 1273
- File Size
- 54 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.102
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"Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group; Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.102/1948_1.102.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
