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Cathedral
A painted sculpture in poplar wood of a recling female form. Carved in a primitive style with upward projceting breasts, the swollen belly below cut across revealing 3 arches. The central arch carved with relief symbolic / votive carvings; reading clockwise from the left, a downward pointing sole of a left foot, an open mouth, an eye lying upon an open left palm with the first index finger pointing to the right, an ear and the sole of a right foot pointing downwards.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2523
Acquisition
Gift, 14/5/1980
Given by Leon Underwood
Measurements
Height
(cm): 106.7
Width
(cm): 85.8
Depth
(cm): 73.7
Height
(in): 42
Width
(in): 33
Depth
(in): 29
Techniques
carved (decoration)
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
wood
Location
St. Fagans: National History Museum
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