Amulet, a wooden curved arch shaped portable 'chapel', which contains a figure of the Virgin Mary, and has a metal loop for suspension. [RB 24/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a wooden curved arch shaped portable 'chapel', which contains a figure of the Virgin Mary, and has a metal loop for suspension. [RB 24/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a wooden curved arch shaped portable 'chapel', which contains a figure of the Virgin Mary, and has a metal loop for suspension. The figure is carved from ?bone, mounted on a textile, and surrounded by gold coloured foil metal. The outside of the wooden 'chapel' has traces of red and yellow pigment on it which suggests that it was once painted. [RB 24/04/2012]
Geographical reference: Europe
Europe
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Textile, Material Copper Metal, Material Foil Metal, Material Animal Bone, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 53 mm, Depth: max 15 mm, Width: max 22 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1003 Other numbers: 2002

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