THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE CHRISTIAN ROSARY ARTIFACT . IT WAS MADE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH OR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY . THE BRASS MEDAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY WAS A 19TH CENTURY ADD-ON AND NOT ORIGINAL TO THE ROSARY . THIS WAS COMPLETELY HAND CARVED IN THE OBERAMMERGAU REGION OF THE BLACK FOREST IN GERMANY . THIS WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN OWNED BY A MONK . THE SKULLS OR MOMENTO MORI ARE CARBED FROM ANIMAL BONE , LIKELY COW . THE CROSS / CRUCIFIX FEATURES THE VIRGIN MARY , JESUS CHRIST AND GOD THE FATHER IN THE GUISE OF THE HOLY GHOST OR DOVE . THERE IS AN ANCHOR ENGRAVED ON THE REVERSE WHICH COULD BE INTERPRETED AS FAITH . A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS AMAZING CHRISTIAN ARTIFACT OF FAITH .
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