Rob Sheffield

Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred space, genuflecting to reliquaries and ostentatoria that make something splendid of our most secret desires and agonies.

American Journalist

Reliquaries are linked to religious practices and often have historical value.

Religious Artifact

Reliquaries are frequently decorated with intricate designs or precious materials.

Artistic Embellishment

The content of a reliquary, not the container itself, often holds spiritual significance.

Spiritual Significance

 project that brought these things back out that is part of our project as well and you can see the effects of the looting that have taken place here what you're looking at is a what's called the Cobham it's a shortened or a reliquary that had once the remains of an important personage probably a lama

Reliquary