
Reliquary Locket
- Medium: "Relics," hair, and bone on cloth background in silver frame with glass lenses
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Dates: 18th-19th century
- Dimensions: 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 40
- Accession Number: 41.1275.383
- Image: 41.1275.383_recto_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,
Catalogue Description:
Strips of paper with saints' names on them are attached to a cruciform tree set against a cloth background. The paper strips--"filacteria"--appear to identify miniscule fragments--relics--of the saints.
