- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Heart-shaped bone amulet, with a copper alloy suspension loop at the top. Stained pink on one side. Probably a flaming heart. [RH [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1910
- Date collected
- 1910
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Bone, Material Metal Wire, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Stained
- Dimensions
- Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 34 mm, Depth: max 9 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.25
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Animal Part
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