Amuletic pendant, made of silver, representing Instruments of the Passion, separate miniature models of ladder, spike, hammer and pliers, De Mortillet collection, French, 1801-1920
The ladder representing the descent from the cross, the removal of Christ's body from the cross for burial; the spike representing the nails that held him to the cross; the hammer used to drive the nails in to Jesus' hands and feet; and the pliers, used to remove them.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665526
- Materials:
- silver
- Measurements:
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overall: 6 mm x 47 mm x 39 mm, .002 kg
- type:
- pendant
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
