Description
Vulvic pendant inscribed ‘CON POR AMOVRS’ (‘cunt for love’, or perhaps ‘as for love’).
Found at Hay’s Dock, London, the Museum of London labels this as a ‘horse collar’ shaped pendant.
See the original artefact that inspired this design at https://database.kunera.nl/en/collectie-object/9c449bd1-e3b1-45eb-a688-80fca162125e
The artefact is described and discussed by Sarah Hinds in the paper Late Medieval Sexual Badges as Sexual Signifiers: A Material Culture Reappraisal
The dimensions are 31mm x 19mm. There are no published dimensions for this object, so we have inferred the size from similar finds and the proportions of the hanging loop.
Period: 1300-1399
Made in Sydney, Australia by Keystone Forge from lead-free bronze. This pendant is made from an alloy of copper and tin only.
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