Large animal lumbar vertebra carved at one end with a human face. Used as a household talisman. [SM 20/05/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Large animal lumbar vertebra carved at one end with a human face. Used as a household talisman. [SM 20/05/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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 Bone, Material Pigment, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 96 mm, Length: max 125 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.1038 Other numbers: R 11314/ 1936 AM C R 9513
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour in the pamphlet accompanying the Reading Room displays at the Welcome Collection with the caption “Carved natural vertebra Natural materials UK RRa0196/1985.51.1038 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.” [FB 15/8/2016]

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