Amulet, an urn shaped rosary box with a base and lid [1985.52.1075 .2] which screws onto the base, carved and incised in wood and bone. [ACA 30/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, an urn shaped rosary box with a base and lid [1985.52.1075 .2] which screws onto the base, carved and incised in wood and bone. [ACA 30/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, an urn shaped rosary box with a base [.1] and lid [.2] which screws onto the base, carved and incised in wood and bone. The bone has carved holes in the form of lines all the way round the base. On top of the wooden lid there is a cross carved and incised in bone. [ACA 30/04/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Pays de la Loire Maine-et-Loire Angers
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 Wood Plant, Material Bone, Material Varnish, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Varnished
Dimensions: Height: max 41 mm, Width: max 26 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1075.1 Other numbers: 2146

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