- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a figure of the Virgin Mary, cast in metal, and perforated for suspension. [RB 11/04/2012]
- 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, Process Cast, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 20 x 11 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.813 Other numbers: 1561
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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