- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from an oval medal with a circular suspension loop at the top. On one face of the medal is a depiction of St. Thomas, on the other st. Nicholas of Tolentino with a crucifix. [CW [OPS move] 22/9/2017]
- 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
- circa 1901 - 1902
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Struck
- Dimensions
- Height: max 3 mm, Diameter: max 22 mm, Height: max 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.445
Search terms: Religion, Insignia, Ornament, Figure, Medal, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant
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