Miniature shrine

Early 13th-century chasse used to hold holy oils

Example with vermiculated gilded background, and enamelled figures.

13th-century Chasse of Saint Exupère

The Becket Casket, c. 1180–1190, Limoges, with the popular subject of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.

Limoges, with apostles and angels

Gothic goldsmith's chasse, Cologne

Very elaborate French 13th-century chasse reliquary of Saint Taurin, Évreux (Eure)

Later French reliquary; certainly a house, but perhaps not a chasse

A nat sin in Yangon, Burma

Spirit house, Bangkok

Spirit houses at a private house, Phetchaburi, Thailand

Spirit houses protect a business, Thailand

Spirit house, Hua Hin

Cambodian-style spirit houses.

Ceremonial spirit houses among the Itneg (lef to right) the pangkew, two tangpap, and an alalot (1922, Philippines)

Kalangan spirit house, Itneg people (1922, Philippines)

A spirit house in Livingstonia, Malawi (c. 1910)

A shrine to the east of Pubersdorf in Austria

A shrine near Luže in Slovenia

A shrine in Waldorf in Germany

A shrine in Hesselbach, Germany

"Leixnertaferl" shrine near Neustadt an der Donau in Lower Bavaria

Wayside shrine by Auksūdys, Lithuania

19th century Latgalian Catholic wayside shrine at The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia

19th century Suiti Protestant column shrine from Alsunga at The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia

A typical, small roadside kandilakia. Athens, Greece

A larger kandilakia for a church in Thessaloniki, Greece

A large kandilakia for the Metropolitan Church in Thessaloniki, Greece

A kandilakia which serves Analipsi Church in Volos, Greece

Kandilakia for Saints Constantine & Helen Church in Thessaloniki, Greece

The interior of the kandilakia for Analipsi Church

Wooden column shrine in Garsdorf, Bavaria

Stone column shrine in Vřesovice, Czech Republic

Roofed column shrine in Mali Lipoglav, Slovenia

Mikoshi