- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small silver key with trefoil handle, terminating in a fig hand. [RH [OPS move] 20/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- 1914
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Cast, Process Carved, Process Bent
- Dimensions
- Width: max 10 mm, Depth: max 2 mm, Length: max 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.845
Search terms: Religion, Lock, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Key
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