Prayer Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet, with Christ and Death

1525-1575 (Renaissance) 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) Citation Source image

In comparison with ivory or jet, wood was very inexpensive. It was easily carved and popular for mass-produced prayer beads.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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