Triptych; metal; representing St. Nicholas of Mozhaysk in central compartment; he holds a sword in his right hand, a church in his left; two flanking sides each have three panels with two saints to a panel; height 7.2 cm, width 10 cm. Cost $50.00.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley), Eugen Neuhaus, Older University Collections, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Person depicted:
Saint Nicholas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Triptychs
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #30: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1975–February 4, 1976) and S1977-1978 #35: El Camino College (February 10, 1978–June 27, 1978)