- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, bone pendant of the figure St Anthony of Padua. Carved, incised and painted with red and blue lines, perforated for suspension. [ACA 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 Bone, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 45 mm, Width: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.468 Other numbers: 892
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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