- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Votive offering made of wax representing a human limb, possibly an arm. [FC 11/8/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Ana Avelina de Pina Cabral
- PRM source Ana Avelina de Pina Cabral
- PRM source João de Pina Cabral
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1998 Found unentered: 11/08/2009
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 34 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 165 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2009.131.8
- Associated publications
- Luis Quintais et al. Milagre q Fez, Coimbra: Museu Anthropologico, Universidade de Coimbra, 1997. [FC 11/8/2009] João de Pina Cabral.'Tamed Violence: Genital Symbolism in Portuguese Popular Culture'. University of Lisbon, Malinowski Memorial Lecture (1992). [FC 11/8/2009]
Search terms: Religion, Model, Ornament, Religious Offering, Human Body Part
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