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1985.51.555

Talhakimt, pottery pendant with triangular end. With a hand and linear and star designs painted on one surface. [SM 02/03/2011]


1985.51.555

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Collection type
Object
Description
Talhakimt, pottery pendant with triangular end. With a hand and linear and star designs painted on one surface. [SM 02/03/2011]
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 Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Moulded, Process Painted, Process Perforated, Process Grooved
Dimensions
Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 84 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.51.555 Other numbers: A 177097 AM C lot 229
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour in the pamphlet accompanying the Reading Room displays at the Welcome Collection with the caption “Talhakimt Pottery Austria RRa0176/1985.51.555 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford Talhakimt are used for protection and fertility.” [FB 15/8/2016]

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