Collection: | Delos Archaeological Museum |
Title: | Torso and head of a kouros |
Context: | From Delos |
Findspot: | Found at Delos |
Summary: | Torso and head of a kouros |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kouros |
Category: | Separated fragments |
Style: | Daedalic |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 650 BC - ca. 625 BC |
Dimensions: | N.A. |
Scale: | Life-size |
Region: | Cyclades |
Period: | Early Archaic |
Subject Description: This kouros wore a thick tripartite belt, clasped at the center; his hair falls in thick locks on either side of the face, and slightly behind the shoulders.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: Only the upper torso, from the belt up, is preserved; the arms are broken off just below the shoulders. The surface is severely worn, so that no facial features and little delineation in the hair are evident.
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