Head of an Unidentified Deity 8th-9th century India (Himachal Pradesh, possibly Kangra district) This high relief head of an unidentifiable deity displays a broad fleshy face with deeply incised eyebrows and mouth. The waves of hair are drawn up beneath a diadem or headband decorated with a double setting at the center, possibly intended to suggest gemstones. The jeweled headband is surmounted by another triangular section with a larger elliptical setting. The scale suggests that this head belonged to near life-size stele of a male deity. No attributes survive which would allow an identification, but the style may be linked to the rock-cut monolithic Hindu temple site of Masrur, in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. This temple, dedicated to Shiva, has been assigned to around the 8th-9th century. Although weathered and abraded, with significant loss to the left forehead and eye, this sculpture may be accepted as being of a similar date. The full rounded features and naturalistic trea