anatomical votive;
cast(copy)
- Museum number
- WITT.124
- Description
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Votive breast; plaster cast.
- Dimensions
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Length: 5 inches
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Width: 4.50 inches
- Curator's comments
- Text from Witt Manuscript Catalogue 'Roman' no.22:
'Votive woman's breast, cast from the original in stone, in the Museum at Dijon. It may be assumed from the frequency of the breast forming a votive object that it was so in relation to its function in the nurture of the child the many derangements consequent thereon.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- WITT.124
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 22 (Witt Collection MSS Catalogue - 'Roman' (yellow label))
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Miscellaneous number: W.124
