- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant in the shape of the top row of human teeth, gums and palate, in white and pink glass, perforated for suspension. [ACA 15/05/2012]
- 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
- Dimensions
- Height: max 18 mm, Width: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1325 Other numbers: 2713 1538 R 14270/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Reproduction, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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