- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a rectangular black textile scapular, with a religious image and text printed on a linen panel, attached to a cotton cord for suspension. [RB 14/05/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, a rectangular black textile scapular, with a religious image and text printed on a linen panel, attached to a cotton cord for suspension. The image is of the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus below The Cross, and the text reads: 'Mére du Sauveur! faites que les plaies de la passion de Jesus nous sanctifient.' The cotton cord is knotted at the end. [RB 14/05/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 27/06/1894
- Date collected
- 27 June 1894
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Material Ink, Process Stitched, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 520 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1308 Other numbers: 2665
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Religious Object, Breast Ornament, Neck Ornament, Religious Offering
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