- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, iron triptych hinged pendant, with religious figures on the interior panels, which are fronted with glass. There is a loop for suspension. [RB 06/03/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, iron triptych hinged pendant, with religious figures on the interior panels, which are fronted with glass. There is a loop for suspension. The figures are in relief, gilded with ?tinsel metal, and have painted faces. [RB 06/03/2012]
- 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 Iron Metal, Material Foil Metal, Material Glass, Material Pigment, Material Tinsel Metal, Material Gilt Metal, Process Painted, Process Gilded
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 66 x 117 mm closed
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.334 Other numbers: 591
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Religious Object, Neck Ornament
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