- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, textile heart shape pendant containing pieces of 'yrtos' [Easter Bread], with a cross motif and a loop for suspension. [RB 23/02/2012]
- 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 Textile, Material Sequin, Material Metal Wire, Material Bead, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Foodstuff, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 50 x 37 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.208 Other numbers: 392
Search terms: Religion, Food and Drink, Ornament, Amulet, Food, Pendant, Neck Ornament, Religious Object
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