- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant consisting of an animal claw in a silver mount, with a copper loop for suspension. [RB 20/03/2012]
- 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 Animal Claw, Material Copper Metal
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 32 x 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.525 Other numbers: 996 R 14973/ 1936 2351
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Animalia, Amulet, Pendant, Animal Part, Neck Ornament
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