Prayer Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet, with Christ and Death

Description In comparison with ivory or jet, wood was very inexpensive. It was easily carved and popular for mass-produced prayer beads.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/15/1981	Examination	examined for condition

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters