- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Silver amulet of a sprig of rue with the ends of the branches intertwined with a fish, a crescent moon, and a face or full moon. [ZM 22/7/2004]
- 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 Silver Metal, Process Stamped, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 63 mm, Length: max 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.781
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