Amulet, pendant in the shape of a horned hand ['mano cornuto'] carved in bone, stained yellow, and perforated, with a metal loop for suspension. [RB 20/03/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, pendant in the shape of a horned hand ['mano cornuto'] carved in bone, stained yellow, and perforated, with a metal loop for suspension. [RB 20/03/2012]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Naples
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 Pigment, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Stained, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 45 x 10 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.533 Other numbers: 1012 R 13979/ 1936 A 659193