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Description: | A cast lead artefact of sub-oval shape, unifacially moulded as a human face. The head is not in the round, rather the lower surface is flat. The facial features on the upper surface are moulded in relief: pellet eyes, hair in clumps or curls, ?ears, a joined nose and upper lip, a lower lip and ?beard. Emerging as a 'neck' is a corroded iron protrusion. There is further iron corrosion staining on one of the heads 'curls', slightly off-centre; it is unclear as to whether this second piece of evidence of iron is a concretion or an element in its own right. The function of such an object is uncertain, especially as it seems too light to have functioned as a weight. The iron elements imply attachment, although if this were part of a figurine it is relatively crudely rendered. A medieval to post-medieval date is suggested for this object. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1350
1750 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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