Tag:artwork_subject=sheela-na-gig

artwork_subject = sheela-na-gig
Description
Sheela-na-gigs are stone carvings depicting nude women exposing their genitals. They are found on churches, castles, other walls and in museums.
Group: tourism
Used on these elements
Requires
tourism=artwork
Useful combination
historic=yes heritage=yes
See also
artwork_subject=street_art
Status: approved
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A sheela-na-gig is a medieval to modern depiction of a nude woman or hag exposing her genitals. The origins and meaning are not quite clear (see below literature). They are tourism=artwork, some of them tourism=attraction at the same time. Please find the tagging below.

Tagging

Add artwork_subject=sheela-na-gig and tourism=artwork to the node representing such artwork.

Optional tags

Tag	Explanation
artwork_type=sculpture OR artwork_type=relief	Depending on circumstances.
tourism=attraction	Additional to tourism=artwork, some can be considered tourist attractions, especially when mentioned in guide books or part of a heritage trail. Please use semicolon to separate from tourism=artwork.
material=*	most likely stone, but can be more specific, i.e. limestone or sandstone etc. One example in England is made of wood.
description=*	Description of the artwork with details about shape of face, position of arms, expression of the face etc.
width=* and height=*	if accessible
image=*
wikipedia=*	Only if that specific sheela-na-gig has her own wikipedia article.
historic=yes	For historic sheela-na-gigs as opposed to modern street art
ref:IE:smr=*	reference to the National Monument Service in Ireland. Feel free to use equivalent of your country. Historic Environment Viewer. DO NOT copy or import locations from this map!
moved=yes	If the object has been moved to a museum or has otherwise been moved from its presumed original location to the location mapped.
sketchfab=*	Most Irish sheelas have 3D models available on Sketchfab. You can link to the model.
location=*	More detailed description of the location, if needed, for example how high up the wall it is to be found.

Examples

• 
  Sheela at Kilpeck, Herefordshire, England
• 
  Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland on OSM
• 
  Liathmore, County Tipperary, Ireland on OSM
• 
  Bishop's tomb, Kildare Cathedral, Co. Kildare, Ireland
• 
  "santuario rupestre" at Coirós, Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
• 
  Colegiata de San Pedro de Cervatos (España)
• 
  Caen, France

See also

• Barbara Freitag: Sheela-na-gigs. Unravelling an Enigma, Routledge 2005 (contains a catalogue of sheelas in Ireland and the UK with locations and descriptions)
• Big vagina energy: the return of the sheela na gig (The Guardian 2021-03-08)
• Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches (BBC 2019-02-19)
• Satan in the groin - exhibitionist carvings on mediæval churches
• YouTube: Exposing the Exhibitionists - A revision of the study of Sheela-na-Gigs by Gary Dempsey
• Project Sheela on Instagram (would fall under artwork_type=streetart)
• Sheela-na-gigs in Ireland
• Sheela-na-gigs in the UK