- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, bronze pendant with the figure of a lion in relief, with two perforations and a loop for suspension. [RB 12/04/2012]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Bronze Metal, Process Perforated, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 35 x 42 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.848 Other numbers: 1651
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Animal Figure, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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