Amulet, cylindrical wooden relic box containing relics with a detachable lid [1985.52.1309 .2]. [ASh [OPS move] 24/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, cylindrical wooden relic box containing relics with a detachable lid [1985.52.1309 .2]. [ASh [OPS move] 24/1/2017]
Long description: Amulet, cylindrical wooden relic box containing relics [.1] with a detachable lid [.2]. The reliquary has a wooden cross dividing the inside into four compartments where there are scrolls of orange gilded paper and pink and blue coloured foil metal. In two of the compartments there is a strip of paper inscribed in black ink in each and glued over the top of a relic. The inscriptions are as follows: "Augufte" and "Defire.". [ACA 14/05/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Paris
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 Paper Plant, Material Glass, Material Gilt Metal, Material Glue, Material Foil Metal, Process Glued, Process Carved, Process Inscribed, Process Coiled
Dimensions: Diameter: max 46 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1309.1 Other numbers: 2668

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