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# Figure

Head of a deity or Bodhisattva. The turban consists of a band at the hairline, a large rectangular ornament in the centre with traces of a raised border and small discs at the corners and bands radiating from it set with florets and beads. Beside the surviving ear, which now lacks a lobe, is a sideburn of wavy hair.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 300–499 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1924-0709-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1924-0709-1) · Pramāṇa
