Amulet, an oval urn shaped box with a base [.1] and a lid [.2] which unscrews to open, carved from bone, containing a rosary [.3]. [RB 02/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, an oval urn shaped box with a base [.1] and a lid [.2] which unscrews to open, carved from bone, containing a rosary [.3]. [RB 02/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet, an oval urn shaped box with a base [.1] and a lid [.2] which unscrews to open, carved from bone, containing a rosary [.3]. The base is incised with diagonal lines, and the lid has a cross on top and four painted green lines around the rim. The rosary is comprised of red beads with five blue beads, strung together white metal loops and coils of wire, and with a cross shaped pendant at the end. [RB 02/05/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Paris
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 Animal Bone, Material Bead, Material White Metal, Material Pigment, Material Metal Wire, Process Carved, Process Strung, Process Painted, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 17 x 21 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1103.1 Other numbers: 2209