1295 – Pierced Organ

Physical description:

Animal heart, lung, liver, tongue and kidney, pierced with thorns, in glass jar.

Museum classification:

Protection

Size:

250 mm

Information:

Original text by Cecil Williamson:

'Thorn pierced animal's tongue and kidney. This example refers not to the animal but to its owner, the farmer. In practice the next stage would have been to put these items in a miniature grave close to the offending farmer's house, to rot and decay away etc. etc.'

 

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Animal, tongue, kidneys of ?cow ?sheep

Original text by Cecil Williamson:

'Thorn pierced animal's tongue and kidney. This example refers not to the animal but to its owner, the farmer. In practice the next stage would have been to put these items in a miniature grave close to the offending farmer's house, to rot and decay away etc. etc.'