Carved shell

Museum number:
7-7843
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070007843
Accession number:
Acc.3362
Description:
Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
Russia
Collector:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 13 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 14 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 15 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 16 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.Hearst Museum object 17 of 17 titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carved shell, accession number 7-7843, described as Sea shell; white, polished nad carved with 39 Christian religious scenes of varying sizes, in relief; diameter 16.25 cm.

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