Relief of man (St John the Baptist)

Description

Material: [Walrus Ivory](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417717). Accession no: MG 028 A. Current location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A figure of St John the Baptist. The figure is carved in [relief](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300184782) and was attached to a larger object such as a shrine. He is shown standing, his right shoulder is bare and he is wearing a fur-fringed mantle. He holds a scroll in his left hand. The right hand is a replacement, the right foot is missing and the back is flat. There are two holes in the body for attachment. [MG 028 B](https://skfb.ly/orpXG) was attached to the same object but is by a different hand. German, Cologne. [German](http://www.geonames.org/2921044/federal-republic-of-germany.html), [Cologne](http://www.geonames.org/2886242/koeln.html), [12th century AD](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p08m57h8zmq). [More](https://tinyurl.com/yc4juscs).