- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, ex-voto in the shape of a male figure with hands clasped for prayer, made of plaster with an outer wax coating, and is hollow. [RB 13/04/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Maine-et-Loire Saumur Notre-Dame des Ardilliers
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1892
- Date collected
- 1892
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 149 x 44 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.867 Other numbers: 1684
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Amulet, Religious Object, Religious Offering
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