- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flat silver pendant of a figure of a woman in a skirt, with arms raised. [RH [OPS move] 21/9/2017]
- 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 Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 4 mm, Height: max 34 mm, Width: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.925
Search terms: Figure, Ornament, Religion, Religious Offering, Pendant, Amulet
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