- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, silver pendant in the shape of the hand of Fatima, incised and perforated for suspension. [ACA 10/04/2012]
- 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 Incised, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Height: max 57 mm, Width: max 39 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.790 Other numbers: 1523 300558
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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