- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of bronze. Oval pendant representing a vulva with a suspension loop at the top. [BA [OPS move] 20/9/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Giuseppe Bellucci
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Pre-Roman, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1912
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.112
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