Bone hand amulet set into a silver mount incised with lines and chevrons. The mount is perforated with a metal suspension loop. the bone is stained purple on one side. [RH [OPS move] 13/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bone hand amulet set into a silver mount incised with lines and chevrons. The mount is perforated with a metal suspension loop. the bone is stained purple on one side. [RH [OPS move] 13/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Florence Firenze
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 Bone, Material Silver Metal, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Cast, Process Incised, Process Stained
Dimensions: Length: max 38 mm, Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 13 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.50.304

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