File:Post medieval-Modern quartz stone female figurine (FindID 455170).jpg
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| Post medieval/Modern quartz stone female figurine | |||
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, sim johnson, 2011-07-22 08:16:46 |
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| Title |
Post medieval/Modern quartz stone female figurine |
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| Description |
English: Stone anthropomorphic figurine of uncertain function and probably of post medieval to modern date
The figurine is made in quartz stone and is incomplete, missing the lower legs (with a surviving length of 22.4mm, a width of 8.3mm and a weight of 1.6g). It is carved in the round and is somewhat water-rounded and rolled. The item depicts a standing female figure with both arms to the front and angled, holding the swollen abdomen (giving the figure a maximum thickness of 7.0mm) and presumably representing pregnancy. Details of the hands are not represented. Facial details are discernible, with slight depressions for the eyes and mouth, and a ridge around the face to depict the hair-line. Careful modelling of the legs and buttocks survives. The figure is diminutive and therefore was delicately modelled and the styling of the figure would suggest a post medieval or modern date. The depiction of a pregnant female may imply a fertility symbolism to the object. Carved stone 'Venus' figurines produced during relatively recent periods have been recorded (Brekmoe & Watkins; 201), occasionally deposited in watery places and possibly connected to long-lived 'traditional beliefs'. Quartz pebbles may have been linked with fertility in Northern British folklore. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) the Vale of Glamorgan | ||
| Date | between 1500 and 1900 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 455170 Old ref: PUBLIC-923677 Filename: 2010.89.1.jpg |
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| Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/338432 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/338432/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/455170 |
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