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Cross for a coral necklace from Pleszów

unknownlate 19th c.

 The Ethnographic Museum in Kraków

The Ethnographic Museum in Kraków
Poland

An equal-armed cross made of paktong (a copper-nickel-zinc alloy), decorated with five real coral beads. The cross was made in an artisan workshop in Kraków at the end of the 19th century. The owner wore the cross together with the beads on the longest cord.

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  • Title: Cross for a coral necklace from Pleszów
  • Creator: unknown
  • Date Created: late 19th c.
  • Location Created: Pleszów (now Kraków), Lesser Poland Province, Poland
  • Type: jewellery
  • Medium: paktong, real coral
  • Art Form: artisanal product
 The Ethnographic Museum in Kraków

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