- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, long pin with perforated 'fig' hand at the end. [SM 30/06/2008]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- 1914
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Perforated, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 12 mm, Length: max 238 mm, Width: max 16 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.10
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Amulet, Hair Ornament, Pin
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