- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant in the form of a human skull, cast in bronze, with a loop for suspension. [ACA 02/03/2012]
- 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 Bronze Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Height: max 27 mm, Width: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.298 Other numbers: 534 R 15115/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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