Figure made of silica stone. A human face has been carved on one side and the silica perforated at the top for suspension. [BA [OPS move] 1/11/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Figure made of silica stone. A human face has been carved on one side and the silica perforated at the top for suspension. [BA [OPS move] 1/11/2017]
Long description: Pendant
Geographical reference: Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Silica, Material Mineral, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 9 mm, Length: max 89 mm, Width: max 48 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.49.27
Research and responses: Dr Elizabeth Graham, UCL, noted during the Fell funded project Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections that Mesoamericanists tend not to use the term 'amulet'. [AS 28/10/2010]

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