- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a string collar threaded alternately with circular pieces of bottle cork and dark brown ?cashew seeds.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Louis Westenra Sambon
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1918
- Date collected
- By 1918
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Seed, Material String, Material Cork Plant, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Width: max 90 mm, Depth: max 27 mm, Length: max 185 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.151 Other numbers: 652
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Animal Gear, Medicine, Amulet, Animal Collar, Dog Accessory
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