Carving; religious; dark brown fruitwood; high relief; Christ with cross, Father holding crown; Mary underneath; cumulus cloud background; length 18 cm. Depicts Holy day of Obligation, August 15, Mary being assumpted by Father, Son of heaven.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Switzerland
Verbatim coll. place:
Switzerland
Culture or time period:
Swiss
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Person depicted:
Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity) and Mary (mother of Jesus)
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
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)