- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Coral amulet, in the shape of a heart. Pierced for suspension. [RH [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Giuseppe Bellucci
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1904
- Date collected
- June 1904
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Coral, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 18 mm, Length: max 25 mm, Width: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.98
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