Whalebone panel showing the Ascension

Material: [Whalebone](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417719). Accession no.: CG 006. Current location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A whalebone panel showing the Ascension. [12th century AD](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p08m57h8zmq). The figure of Christ is shown rising into the sky with a dove on the right-hand side. Two angels are shown directly underneath Christ. On the bottom of the panel a group of disciples are shown with all of them looking upwards. One figure is standing pointing towards the figure of Christ. A hole is punched through each corner of the panel indicating that it was once attached to something else. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/f158b881-688c-3b43-be49-a6244d4cc184/?s%3Dascension&pos=1).