- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a figure of the Virgin Mary cast in white metal, inside a rectangular lead box [.2], with a detachable white metal lid [.3]. [RB 08/05/2012]
- Geographical reference
- 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 White Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 28 x 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1171.1 Other numbers: 2374
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Box, Amulet, Religious Object, Lid
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