- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- St. Bridget's cross of bent and tied dried grass bound around wood in the form of a cross. [SM 07/01/2011]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Ireland County Antrim
- Cultural groups
- European
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Bent, Process Tied, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Dried
- Dimensions
- Width: max 205 mm, Length: max 381 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.2 Other numbers: Z A 162643 AM C R 3650/ 1937 lot 214
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Cross, Harvest-trophy
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