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Primary bead (fragment of rosary; chapelet) (Front)

Primary bead (fragment of rosary; chapelet) (Front)
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Side

Side

Bottom

Subject
Religious. Memento mori.

Repository Institution
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Guéret, Musée d'art et d'archéologie

2012.0.5

Ivory

Height: 50mm
Width: 60mm

Parted face: face of young man (Youth); skull (Death).

Museum's opinion 2012: 16th century or 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Pierced with hole at the bottom. Missing: lower parts of the rosary bead.

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum before 1951.


Image

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