- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Animal tusk, hollowed out, with a silver mount and hinged lid at the base. Used as a match box and a talisman. [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 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Tooth, Material Silver Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Hollowed, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.943 Other numbers: R 1752/ 1937 R 9408 H AM C
1985.51.943
Animal tusk, hollowed out, with a silver mount and hinged lid at the base. Used as a match box and a talisman. [SM 12/05/2011]
1985.51.943
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