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Description: | Lead. Solid-cast figurine, with slight mould-lines apparent down both sides of body. Representing a pugilist wearing shorts and a prize belt, with right leg advanced; the treatment of hair may suggest a black African is represented. Traces of dark paint survive around neck and shoulders. Similar, but not identical to, a find from the Isle of Wight, no. 414 in the Portable Antiquities and Treasure Annual Report (for) 2007, page 162, representing the African-American former slave Tom Molineaux (1784-1818), whose English prize-fighting career reached a peak in 1809-10. Length/height: 99.68mm, width at shoulders: 35.60mm, Thickness at chest: 19.69mm, Weight: 155.05gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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