Pendant of white stone carved in the shape of a stylised geometric human head. It is perforated at the back for suspension. [BA [OPS move] 30/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pendant of white stone carved in the shape of a stylised geometric human head. It is perforated at the back for suspension. [BA [OPS move] 30/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Central America
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 32 mm, Depth: max 15 mm, Width: max 20 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.49.59
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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