Amulet, a dried seahorse and it's tail [.2] which has broken away from the main body, mounted on cottonwool in a cardboard box. [RB 08/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a dried seahorse and it's tail [.2] which has broken away from the main body, mounted on cottonwool in a cardboard box. [RB 08/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a dried seahorse [.1] and it's tail [.2] which has broken away from the main body, mounted on cottonwool in a cardboard box. The box is covered in blue paper with the name 'J.B.MALLAT' [the pen manufacturer?] printed on it in a repeating pattern, with the signature of 'J B Mallat' in gold over the top. [RB 08/05/2012]
Geographical reference: Europe
Europe
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, Process Dried
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 45 x 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1166.1 Other numbers: 2355 R 15407/ 1936

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