WOODEN CROSS AND TRIPTYCH KIOT
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The roughly carved and painted wooden cross is set in a gable shaped panel whose original gilding has been almost effaced. A sliding lid on the back of the cross opens to reveal a space containing four little paper packets containing brown crumbs and powder.
- Object name:
- WOODEN CROSS AND TRIPTYCH KIOT
- Made from:
- Wood
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- H. 5 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 54.84.2
- Class:
- ICON
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on one of the paper packet: The sacrement....
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Ralph Burgess, 1974