- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Blackened, horse chestnut amulet. [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
- Dimensions
- Length: max 26 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Depth: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.387
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