- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, thin brass medal, rectangular with corners cut off, with suspension loop. [MJD (Verve) 12/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1910
- Date collected
- ?1910
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Struck
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 1 mm, Width: max 16 mm, Length: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.206
Search terms: Religion, Insignia, Ornament, Figure, Medal, Amulet, Religious Object
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