Terracotta Army Head Fragment

Origin: The fragment is identified as part of the Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta sculptures created as funerary art for Qin Shi Huang and interred in his mausoleum dated to c. 210–209 BCE. The provided source frames the assemblage as intended to protect the emperor in his afterlife. Curse history and folklore: The supplied source material does not assert the existence of a curse, haunting, or other supernatural affliction connected to any Terracotta Army head fragment or the Terracotta Army as a whole. The only cultural purpose described in the sources is protective funerary function rather than malevolent agency. Ownership and custody: According to the supplied notes, the original ownership was the funerary assemblage buried with Qin Shi Huang. The provided materials do not supply a modern provenance, excavation history for a specific fragment, museum custody record, sale history, or chain of ownership for an individual head fragment; therefore modern custody and display status for this fragment are unknown. Reported phenomena: The provided sources contain no documented paranormal events, illnesses, deaths, apparitions, movement, or misfortune attributed to a Terracotta Army head fragment. The sources explicitly describe the assemblage as funerary/protective art and do not report curses or haunting associated with these objects.