Record ID: DOR-A68691
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Curator's report: A medieval crucifix, possibly a pendant. Though no unambiguous trace of a suspension loop exists, the top of the vertical shaft is flattened and may have been attached to something. The other cross-terminals are cut at an angle, probably to simulate logs cut from a tree. The figure of Christ hangs from the cross in a Y-shape, with a twisted body and head hung low. The rib cage is exposed and the navel protuberant. The modelling of the figure is crude. The cross appears ungilded but the figure of Christ was originally entirely gilt, though areas of wear now expose t…
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.