- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, carved ivory disc, perforated with two holes. [ACA 09/02/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Perforated, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height: max 32 mm, Width: max 36 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.27 Other numbers: 51 A M 2/ 63 R 1312/ 1937
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Ornament, Amulet, Animal Part, Pendant
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