Rectangular wood panel, carved with two raised rectangles. [EH [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular wood panel, carved with two raised rectangles. [EH [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]
Long description: Rectangular wood panel, carved with two raised rectangles. The top rectangle is missing an inlaid section, and the lower rectangle is inlaid with the letters IHS ( the christogram IHS) and a cross. The I and part of the cross are missing. [EH [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Bretagne Côtes-d'Armor Dinan
Cultural groups: French
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1875
Date collected: ?Prior to 1875 or 1879
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Inlaid, Process Stained
Dimensions: Length: max 260 mm, Width: max 169 mm, Depth: max 25 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.67.139 PR no.: 8/ 9433
Research and responses: This object could have been obtained by Pitt Rivers during his visits to Brittany in October - November 1878 and March - April 1879. He stayed in France during the intervening winter. During the 1878 visit to Brittany he spent the majority of his time around Carnac. [Bowden, 1991: 86-7] [Chapman, 1981: 410-2] [Thompson, 1977: 61] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Carving, Religion

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