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Front

Side, right

Side

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Strasbourg, Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame

22.2008.1.1

Bone

Height: 150mm

Crucified Christ.

Museum's opinion 2010: 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Roughly carved. The lower part seems to be flat.

Object Condition
Very damaged (from having been buried).
Missing: arms (would have been made of separate pieces of ivory; holes remain that would have secured them into place); upper part of the head.
Hole in the feet.

Provenance
Found by Anton Jagher in 1958 during archaeological excavations in Lucelle. Gift of Christian Jeunesse in 2008.

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