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| Keywords: Spanish - Prayer Bead with Christ and Saint James - Walters 41233.jpg Prayer beads carved with the heads of Christ and St James were popular pilgrimage mementos from the shrine of St James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain This bead is carved from jet a dense black coal widely mined in northern Spain It can be carved and polished to a bright sheen; however it is very brittle so it takes great skill to carve even simple objects between 1525 1575 Renaissance jet cm 2 3 1 6 1 8 accession number 41 233 32393 Marvin C Ross date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Marvin C Ross 1941 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Spain Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Art of Spain Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Prayer beads | ||||
