Shrine, terracotta, figure kneeling before skull in cave mouth

Made:: 1801-1900

Small terracotta shrine
Science Museum Group
Aimee Hollands photography

Small terracotta shrine, Virgin Mary(?) kneeling in mouth of a cave in front of a skull, personal relic of Sir James Cantlie, European, 1801-1900

Details

Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A654043

Materials:: terracotta

type:: shrine

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