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Detail of a wooden carving of a female figure

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found at Ballachulish, Inverness-shire

Detail of a wooden carving of a female figure
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This wooden carving of a female figure, probably a goddess, was found buried in a peat bog at Ballachulish in Inverness-shire. The figure was carved between 730 and 520 BC. This detail shows the figure's right hand.

The right hand of the figure holds a phallic object. This suggests that the figure may have been part of a fertility rite.

When found, the carving on the Ballachulish figure was crisp and sharp, suggesting that it had not lain for long on the surface of the bog. It was probably deliberately buried as part of a ritual.

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