- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pink oval serpentine pendant, with a metal suspension loop. Amulet for luck. [SM 14/04/2011]
- Geographical reference
- England Devon Teignmouth
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1910
- Date collected
- 1910
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Serpentine Stone, Material Metal Wire, Process Ground, Process Perforated, Process Bent, Process Polished
- Dimensions
- Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.829 Other numbers: A 132529 L AM C R 12585/ 1936
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