traveling icon, triptych, brass; center panel: St. Tikhon surmounted by "Veronica's Veil"; left wing, top to bottom: Peter (Apostle), Michael; George, Basil; Peter (a monk), John; right wing, top to bottom: Gabriel, Paul; Gregory, Dimitrius; Athanasius, St. Blas; width 9.4 cm., height 6.6 cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Russia
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Icons (devotional images) and Triptychs
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
traveling icon used by pilgrims en route to Jerusalem and to Russian shrines; "folk art" made by village smiths and in monasteries; fide George Shkurkin 1970; St. Tikhon is known in Greek as "Tichon," in Western usage as "Tycho
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)