大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 4月26日 02時10分

We are working with @unesco and nine other museums across the world to raise awareness of the damage to cultural heritage in Yemen during recent conflict. This week we will shine a spotlight on the current destruction and encourage people to explore and understand the region's rich legacy through objects in the collection.
We get a glimpse of the people of ancient Yemen in unique personal sculptures. Although sculptures like this are recognisably from this region, the variations in detail, style of dress and facial appearance suggest that there was great effort to represent real individuals. This exceptional sculpture is carved from a fine calcite-alabaster and was originally placed in a tomb as a personal memorial.
The eye sockets on the man’s head were once inlaid with shell and presumably stone for the pupils, and also highlighted with a vivid blue eyeliner (made of strips of glass coloured with cobalt). This imitates the common use of eyeliner such as kohl, which was popular among both men and women – not only a means of enhancing facial features, but also to reduce solar glare.
Follow the link in our bio to discover more of Yemen’s rich cultural heritage and the @unesco campaign.
Carved calcite-alabaster sculpture of a male head. 1st century BC–1st century AD.
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