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Unique ID: BERK-5C9D93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy three dimensional humanoid toy, possibly a game peice and probably dating to the early-modern period. The gaming piece takes the form of female clothed in robes and wearing a long headdress. The figure's face is well moulded and is bulbous and ugly and may have been intended to be of a monkey-like appearance. The arms are simply formed from two sticks of lead soldered to the side of the body. The underside of the object has a sub-triangular hole but this is probably as a result of manufacturing rather than being functional; the figure stands upright by its own accord. Suggestions as to possible representations of this figure have included a nun (possibly poking fun) and the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. Although its representation is uncertain it is unlikely to be of great age. Probably late 19th to 20th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 53.5 mm
Width: 22.39 mm
Thickness: 22.72 mm
Weight: 105.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.681
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: South Oxfordshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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