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Ivory Memento Mori pendant

elephant-ivory, silver; carved

c. 1510 - 1530

6.5 cm height

Inscription/Mark: '... und arm ...' (inscription on the ribbon)

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Place of Creation: Southern Germany

WA2013.1.30

Ivory pendant carved on one side with a dead man's face. On the other side a decaying skull with worms and other creatures. Silver suspension rings, top and bottom.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.

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