- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Silver votive offering with repoussé and stamped decoration in the shape of two eyes. Perforated through the top of the object. [SM 19/01/2011]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Repoussé, Process Perforated, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Width: max 92 mm, Length: max 43 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.90 Other numbers: B A 176709 VO C lot 205
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Religious Offering
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