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Source Description
In comparison with ivory or jet, wood was very inexpensive. It was easily carved and popular for mass-produced prayer beads.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35937
label
Prayer Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet, with Christ and Death
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
35937
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Prayer Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet, with Christ and Death
description
In comparison with ivory or jet, wood was very inexpensive. It was easily carved and popular for mass-produced prayer beads.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1525-1575 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Wood
beads (pierced objects)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Source extras
med
boxwood
creator_ids
6505
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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96b3483ad6936e9d