- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant, figure of St. Mathurin in lead, with a perforation for suspension. [RB 07/03/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Sébillot
- 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 Lead Metal, Process Cast, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 39 x 16 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.351 Other numbers: 623
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Religious Object, Neck Ornament
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