Gem

29-128-604

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-604
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Medieval
Date Made 700-1099
Section Mediterranean
Materials Turquoise
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Skull
Description

Sommerville: Turquoise. A rude female head and a skull. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ.

Vermeule: Turquoise. Cameo. (Unmounted). Nude bust of a female facing to right. A skull appears at right, probably the penitent Magdalene. Medieval.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 604 - Sommerville Gem Number

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