- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, diamond shaped lead pendant, with printed images of religious figures on both sides, fronted with glass, and with a loop for suspension. [RB 04/05/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, diamond shaped lead pendant, with printed images of religious figures on both sides, fronted with glass, and with a loop for suspension. The loop for suspension is made from a copper alloy and attached to the lead pendant by metal wire. [RB 04/05/2012]
- 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 Lead Metal, Material Glass, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Cast, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 50 x 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1156 Other numbers: 2320
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Religious Object, Neck Ornament
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