- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant in the shape of a horn, carved, incised, and perforated bone, with a metal loop for suspension. [ACA 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 Animal Bone, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 67 mm, Width: max 7 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.531 Other numbers: 1006 1764 A 655954 R 13931/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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