- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from a stone axe. The axe head has been perforated and countersunk for suspension. [CW [OPS move] 19/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Giuseppe Bellucci
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- ?1902 ?1910
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone, Process Ground, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 42 mm, Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 29 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.448
Search terms: Religion, Weapon, Ornament, Tool, Amulet, Pendant, Axe
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