- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, metal pendant in the shape of a hand, perforated for suspension. [RB 03/04/2012]
- 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 Copper Alloy Metal, Material Pewter Metal, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 42 x 34 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.79 Other numbers: 1431 8
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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