- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Shell amulet. One valve of a cardium shell. [RH [OPS move] 13/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1912
- Date collected
- 1912
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Length: max 45 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Depth: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.432
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Animal Part
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