Amulet, a cylindrical portable 'chapel' [.1- .2] containing a figure of St Peter [.3], carved and incised in bone. [ACA 03/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a cylindrical portable 'chapel' [.1- .2] containing a figure of St Peter [.3], carved and incised in bone. [ACA 03/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a cylindrical portable 'chapel' [.1- .2] containing a figure of St Peter [.3], carved and incised in bone. The 'chapel' is in two parts: an inner cylinder [.1] which has a painted red interior, which fits inside an outer cylinder [.2] which has red pigment in a ring around the top and bottom, "ST. PIERRE." is incised at the top. The figure [.3] has a painted red base and is loose however it would have originally been glued to the bottom of the inner cylinder. [ACA 03/05/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne
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 Bone, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 27 mm, Height: max 59 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1123.1 Other numbers: 2262

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