The Sheela na gig stone carving at the Watergate in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland (Eire).
"A Sheela Na Gig is a carving of a woman with exposed and/or exaggerated genitalia, usually found on religious buildings." "This Sheela is situated in the middle of a small section of the old fortified wall at Watergate Street, the southern approach to the town. Jørgen Anderson, a Danish archaeologist, called this figure "the witch on the wall" and his book, published in 1977, which has become a source book for everyone studying the subject, is also called "The Witch on the Wall". At first view it may be difficult to make out the figure, she has short legs spread out with hands passing underneath her thighs to hold open for vulva. Instead of breasts she has deeply incised emaciated ribs. The left side of her face has a deep triangular pattern starting underneath her eye and radiating towards the wall. What looks like an ear, but indistinct due to weathering, imbalances the other side of the head."
Size: 3624px × 2415px
Location: Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland (Eire)
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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