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FIGURINE
Unique ID: DOR-5C0CF8
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete gilt copper alloy Corpus Christi (body of Christ crucified) figurine. The head, upper torso and partial arms survive. The arms are raised so that the missing hands were above the head. The head projects forwards and is slightly tilted to the figure's right. Behind the head is a circular nimbus or halo decorated with three arms of an equal armed cross. The head and face are well modeled with details of the eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, beard and hair clearly rendered. The hair falls in coiled locks onto both shoulders and is waved from a mid line on the crown. The back behind the nimbus and arms is flat, but it is hollowed behind the chest. The surface retains parts of the heavily applied gilding. This was probably fixed to a wooden cross.
Date: Medieval - 13th to 14th century
Dimensions: 31.87 mm x 40.25 mm x 14.05 mm
Weight: 25.62 mm
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Class: Corpus Christi
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.87 mm
Width: 40.25 mm
Thickness: 14.05 mm
Weight: 25.62 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Tarrant Rushton
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