- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, double sided fish otolith pendant, mounted in silver with serrated edging, with a loop for suspension. [ACA 20/04/2012]
- 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 Fish Otolith Bone, Material Silver Metal
- Dimensions
- Height: max 46 mm, Width: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.953 Other numbers: 1901 R 14544/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Animalia, Amulet, Pendant, Fish Part, Neck Ornament
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