- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet consisting of an undecorated pig's tusk, for good luck. [MdeA 17/02/2011]
- Geographical reference
- England London
- Cultural groups
- English
- 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 Pig Tooth Animal
- Dimensions
- Length: max 156 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.702 Other numbers: R 9436 R 11071/ 1936 H AM C
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Amulet, Animal Part
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