- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Animal tusk, with a hole at the base end. Worn as an amulet to bring good luck. [SM 12/05/2011]
- 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 1913
- Date collected
- 1913
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Tooth, Process Carved, Process Drilled
- Dimensions
- Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 82 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.942 Other numbers: R 9423
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