- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, metal pendant with a figure in relief mounted on mother of pearl shell on one side, Sacred Hearts on the other, and a loop for suspension. [RB 07/03/2012]
- 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 Mother of Pearl Shell, Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Metal, Process Inlaid, Process Struck, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 23 x 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.345 Other numbers: 614
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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