Dagenham idol [SEP] time of discovery
Dagenham idol
The Dagenham idol is a wooden statue of a naked human figure, found in Dagenham in 1922. The statue has been carbon dated to around 2250 BC, during the late Neolithic period or early Bronze Age, making it one of the oldest human representations found in Europe.
The statue is made of Scots pine and stands high. It has two legs but no arms; hips and buttocks narrowing to a waist and then broadening to shoulders; and a rounded head. There are straight markings cut across both
Rippleside, Barking & Dagenham, Hidden London
- Calls for 4,000-year-old idol to stay in Dagenham – its ‘rightful home’, Barking & Dagenham Post, 22 September 2011
- Early history of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- Early Celtic Art, p. 16
- Replica at the Museum of London