Amulet, wooden box containing a carved wooden Crucifix, with detachable sliding lid [.2], and a string loop for suspension nailed to [.1]. [RB 24/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, wooden box containing a carved wooden Crucifix, with detachable sliding lid [.2], and a string loop for suspension nailed to [.1]. [RB 24/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet, wooden box [.1] containing a carved wooden Crucifix, with detachable sliding lid [.2], and a string loop for suspension nailed to [.1]. Inside the box there is a carved wooden Crucifix, with figure at the base of the cross and one above it. There would have been another figure at the base of the cross, which is now missing. Behind the heads of each of the figures there is a cut-out piece of paper the represents a ?halo. The lid fits into a groove around the edge of the box, so that it can slid on and off. [RB 24/05/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Auvergne Puy-de-Dôme Clermont-Ferrand
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 String, Material Metal, Material Paper Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1517.1 Other numbers: 3103