- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, mother of pearl 'fig' hand. The hand is perforated through the wrist, through which a suspension loop is passed. [CW [OPS move] 21/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- 1906
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Mother of Pearl Shell, Process Perforated, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 11 mm, Length: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.818
1985.50.818
Amulet, mother of pearl 'fig' hand. The hand is perforated through the wrist, through which a suspension loop is passed. [CW [OPS move] 21/9/2017]
1985.50.818
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