- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, hollow double seahorse, each head with a single horn. [SM 30/06/2008]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- 1906
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Stamped, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 55 mm, Depth: max 23 mm, Length: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.811
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Dwelling, Amulet, Pendant, Animal Figure
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