Prayer Bead with Christ and Saint James

1525-1575 (Renaissance)

1.5 cm 2.5 cm 2 cm

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Prayer beads carved in distinctive black jet with the conjoined, back-to-back heads of Christ and Saint James, both bearded, were popular mementos of the famous pilgrimage shrine dedicated to Saint James (Santiago) at Compostela in Spain. St. James wears the pilgrim’s hat with...

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Marvin C. Ross [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by gift.
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