Art Funded
Votive boar figurine
© The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
Iron Age
The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
circa 1BC - 1AD
The boar was a prominent symbol in Celtic mythology and iconography. This is especially true of the Corieltauvi tribe who occupied much of the East Midlands and Lincolnshire in the Iron Age. This figurine has no methods of attachment suggesting that it was intended as a votive object rather than a mount for a helmet or a bowl.
- Medium: bronze
- Dimensions: 2.3 x 5.5cm
- Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £2,000)
- ArtFunded in: 2007
- Vendor: Private collection
Provenance
Found by a metal detectorist in 1990 in Lincolnshire; private collection.
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