- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a fragment of cowrie shell mounted in silver, with a diamond shaped loop for suspension. [RB 15/03/2012]
- 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 Silver Metal, Material Cowrie Shell, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 83 x 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.445 Other numbers: 864 R 14819/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Animalia, Amulet, Pendant, Shell, Neck Ornament
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