Cowrie shell in a cage-like metal mount with a suspension loop. Used as an amulet. [SM 25/05/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cowrie shell in a cage-like metal mount with a suspension loop. Used as an amulet. [SM 25/05/2011]
Long description: Cowrie shell in a cage-like metal mount with a suspension loop. Used as an amulet. The mount is made from a circle of metal at either end of the shell. Three strips of metal run between the two circles to join them together. At the narrow end the three strips scroll out. The suspension loop is at the narrow end. [SM 25/05/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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 Cowrie Shell, Material Metal, Process Bent, Process Soldered
Dimensions: Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 42 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.1071

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