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Wooden statue, carved of a dead man, in miniature coffin, Italian, 16th century
Wooden carving of an emaciated man in a miniature coffin, made in Italy, possibly c. 1501-1600. The coffin carries a latin inscription 16th century and may be a kind of momento mori
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A629458
- Materials:
- statue, wood and box, wood
- type:
- statue
