1963.88

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Details

ID Number

1963.88

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

ceremonial artifact

Item Type

rosary

Item Name

beads

Materials

METAL, STEEL METAL, BRASS CLAY, UNKNOWN BEADS

Measurements

4cmx56.5cm(full length or height)

Description

Five decades; crucifix; brass wire separates decades; skull and crossbones on curifix A marking of letters INRI, a short form of a Latin inscription meaning "Jesus of Nazerth, King of the Jews."

History

Belonged to Agatha Urquhart Baby, b. 1801. She was grandmother of William Baby Jr., the father of donor. "My great-grandmother, Mrs. Edmund Baby (Agatha Urquhart) lived in this Hiram Walker historical museum house", Minette Brinkman.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Baby, Agatha Francis Urquhart person

Baby, William Jr. / Baby, William Jr.

French Canadians / Canadiens-français subject

Religion subject

Windsor (Ont.) place

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