- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bone amulet in the shape of a fish. Incised features and stained green. Perforated at one end for suspension. [RH [OPS move] 13/9/2017]
- 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 1985
- Date collected
- By 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Bone, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Stained
- Dimensions
- Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 63 mm, Depth: max 3 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.364
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Fish Figure, Pendant
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