Shell Disk with the Resurrection of Christ
Unknown Palestinian, Palestinian
18th century
Shell with black, red, and red paint
Overall: 5 5/16 × 5 5/16 × 1/8 in. (13.5 × 13.5 × 0.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
13.15.787
Geography
Place Made: Palestine, West Asia, Asia
Period
18th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed: RESUREXIONE
Course History
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Provenance
Unknown collector, possibly given in the late 18th or early 19th century; catalogued, 1913.
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