Exhibition Guide

Reliquary Guardian (Mbulu Ngulu)

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    Looking at the Materials

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    The Tradition of Reliquaries

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Reliquary designed to hold a saint's skull. Bust of Saint Frederick, Elias Scerpswert, 1362. Courtesy of Rijksmuseum, BK-NM-11450.
Reliquary Pendant with compartments containing paper and unidentified pieces of bone, rock, or wood. BMA Cone Collection RM3