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| ID | 157 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SS4092 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Swansea |
| County Previously | Glamorgan |
| Site | Gower Peninsula |
| Site Name | Culver Hole Cave |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | National Museum of Wales |
| Ref No | 89.141H/2 |
| M/F | Female |
| Age | Mature |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Deity |
| Name | Mother Goddess |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Attribute description | 2 children |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Quite good, very slight corrosion. |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 60.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Southbroom (337) |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 134; Green 1976, 181, 1978, 58; Taylor 1935, 201-2, pl XLIII [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Fairly crude piece. Simple depiction of standing female. Rather flat profile. Straight legs. Arms folded across belly with a child cradled under each arm. Eyes just visible on right head, no features on left. Slight not depicts genitals. Crude facial features with wide nose, slit mouth of 2 parallel grooves, circular eye grooves give a rather pop-eyed appearance. Hair braided around forehead and gathered at back in coarse grooves. Apart from the hair the back is fairly flat and featureless. Thick neck. Legs very slightly bent at the knees. |
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