- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, silver ex-voto in the shape of a pair of eyes, 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 Silver Metal, Process Perforated, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 35 x 102 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.754 Other numbers: 1451
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Religious Offering
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