- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of brass. Oval-shaped reliquary with two sides, both topped with glass. Contents unidentifiable. There is a suspension loop and hoop at the top. [BA [OPS move] 26/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- 1901 - 1902
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Glass, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Decorated, Process Incised, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 17 mm, Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 53 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.222
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Religious Object
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