anatomical votive; cast (copy)

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anatomical votive; cast(copy)

Object Type: anatomical votive; cast (copy)
Museum number: WITT.124
Description: Votive breast; plaster cast.
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 5 inches; 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 name
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: WITT.124
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 22 (Witt Collection MSS Catalogue - 'Roman' (yellow label)); Miscellaneous number: W.124