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Wednesday, 4-Aug-2004 00:00 Email | Share | Bookmark
For Juli

 
 
 
 
So, it's taken me a while to get to this, but this is for Juli at http://cowboyjunkies.fotopages.com.

I may have mentioned in my last photobog or two that I collect slightly disturbing devotional art. This is one of the finer pieces in my collection. It's a Last Rights Box, and I got it after lusting after Murphy's grandmother's box at Muphy's house for a while http://murphy.fotopages.com.

This would have hung in a family's house for when a member of the family died at home. You know, before we began shuffling them off to hospital's and old folks homes. It's got Mary holding Jesus, and a place for your holy water, candles, rosary and whatever else one uses to give last rights to the dying. It was, at some point, used to lay a family member to rest at home.

I came across it in an antique store by my office when I was out with my mother. My Jewish mother. Regardless, I bought it and in the house it hangs. It used to be in the diningroom, but then I told Derwood what it was and I promptly agreed to moving it to what I like to call "the Spiritual Hallway" in the lower half of our condo. That has Days of the Dead art from Mexico and some wierd-ass Brazillian stuff that was left behind at a friend's office. It all adds nicely to the collection of stuff from Dead People.

That is so awesome. I have never heard of such a thing and I thought that at my grandmother's knee, I'd become familiar with just about every religious icon out there. Thank you so much for posting these. I will keep my eyes peeled at the auctions, I'm sure I've missed one of these somewhere along the way... Fri 6-Aug-2004 05:51
Posted by:Juli  - [Link]
I had inherited a piece EXACTLY like this from my grandmother. I knew it was a last rights box, but never knew history behind it. I have search the internet and this is the first time I have seen an exact piece, Sat 9-Apr-2005 17:47
Posted by:Jan janhartbaddley@alltlel.net


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