Amulet, oval medallion with a religious figures painted onto ivory on both sides, in a silver mount with a loop for suspension. [RB 01/06/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, oval medallion with a religious figures painted onto ivory on both sides, in a silver mount with a loop for suspension. [RB 01/06/2012]
Long description: Amulet, oval medallion with a religious figures painted onto ivory on both sides, in a silver mount with a loop for suspension. On one side of the pendant there is a painting of the Virgin Mary depicted with a crown and a halo, and holding a baby. The garment she is wearing is painted with a gold floral decoration, and there is a gold crescent shape at the base of the figure. On the other side there is a painted scene with one adult male and three children, two male and one female. The man, one of the boys, and the girl are depicted with halos. The man appears to to be teaching the two boys carpentry, and the girl is ?sewing. Around each figure there is a painted border, and both sides are fronted with a glass panel. There is a decorative looped section at the top of the silver mount to the which the loop for suspension is attached. [RB 01/06/2012]
Geographical reference: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Bolivia (Plurinational State of); La Paz Department Copacabana
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: 1903
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Material Pigment, Material Glass, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Painted, Process Soldered, Process Cast
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 63 x 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1718 Other numbers: 3631

Search terms: Religion, Picture and Graphic Art, Ornament, Amulet, Religious Object, Painting, Pendant

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