Pendant; rectangular gold-coloured metal pendant with figure of the Mother of God depicted in the same metal, and red and green plastic, against a white plastic background. Strung onto black leather string. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pendant; rectangular gold-coloured metal pendant with figure of the Mother of God depicted in the same metal, and red and green plastic, against a white plastic background. Strung onto black leather string. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/10/2005]
Geographical reference: Romania
Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania; Piatra Neamt
Cultural groups: Romanian
Person: Field collector Gabriel Hanganu; PRM source Gabriel Hanganu
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2003
Date collected: October 2003
Acquisition information: Purchased: 2004
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Cast, Process Strung
Dimensions: Width: max 17 mm Icon pendant, Length: max 27 mm Icon pendant
Object numbers: Accession number: 2004.15.32 Other numbers: 32
Research and responses: Part of a collection of 48 icons/ devotional objects from Moldovia and Bucharest. [JP 23/2/2004]
Related Documents File - Purchase receipts for some of the items in the collection, and CD of collector's own images of the collection. Also collector's handlist of the collection in tabular form: This object is detailed as follows: "Collection Number: 32 Description: Neck-hanging icon: M[other] o[f] G[od] Materials: Metal and plastic icon, skin necklace, metal lock/ ornaments Producer/ Distributor: Producer unknown/ [sold by idem] Bistrita Monastery's religious objects section hosted by Unic department store, Piatra Neamt] Collection place/ date: idem [Paitra Neamt/ Oct. 2003] Cost: 40,000 [Lie]" [JP 23/2/2004]

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