Luck talisman, consisting of a curved black horn with an iron key tied to it with a piece of string. [SM 20/05/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Luck talisman, consisting of a curved black horn with an iron key tied to it with a piece of string. [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; 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 Horn, Material Iron Metal, Material String, Material Animal Hair, Process Perforated, Process Cast, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 46 mm horn, Length: max 395 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.1041 Other numbers: R 11447/ 1936 R 9431 H AM C

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