This quirky little thing is a crucifixion in a bottle, but with some dice added to the whole arrangement. The museum notes that it was made in around 1860 by the sailor Edvind Johansson who came from Skepplanda, a little to the north of Gothenburg.
I thought that the dice were some nod towards life being something of a game of chance, but this has shown my lack of knowledge of the Bible. Instead, Roman soldiers threw dice for the clothes of Jesus after crucifying him. These are also known as a ‘God in a bottle’ and were created by sailors, soldiers, prisoners and indeed anyone else who likely had quite a lot of spare time available.
Inside are also hammer and tongs, representing when the Romans nailed Jesus to the cross, and when he was taken back down again. I’m not sure that I’m inspired enough to go and build my own shrine in a bottle, nor indeed are my DIY skills sufficiently good enough to do so (and nor do I have the patience of a saint to fit this arrangement together), but it’s a rather lovely little survival.