- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, unpolished amber pendant, perforated for suspension. [ACA 29/03/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Reboux
- 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 Amber, Process Perforated, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height: max 27 mm, Width: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.715 Other numbers: 1379
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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