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Description: | Cast copper alloy figurine this has a circular head with a series of straight incised lines on the left side representing hair, the right side has been damaged by corrosion. A small sub-oval, squished, protrusion on the front of the head is the remnants of the nose, this is flanked by two small circular recesses for the eyes. A rectangular, horizontal slot at the bottom of the head is all that represents the mouth.The main body is sub-cylindrical, being slightly flattened on the front. The left arm is made from a simple curvilinear band the runs from the shoulder, curving over the stomach and terminating at the right hip. The right arm is also made from a simple strip with a slightly circular cross-section, this runs straight down the side of the body, just past the left hand to the hip. From the left hand and running parallel up the right arm is a straight groove with rounded base, this is suggestive that an object may have been mounted in this groove such as a spear or staff.Around the waist is a groove, the buttocks and hips are slightly expanded and rounded, the legs taper inwards towards where the feet should be but instead terminate in a truncated loop. It is possible that it was originally made with feet so it could be stood upright, these were broken and a hole drilled in the base so it could be suspended, albeit upside down, but this is only the recorders supposition. The casting and decoration is very crude with only basic features added to the head and no detail or definition on the body, arm or legs.
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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