- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, wooden box shaped like a chalice with lid. [El.B 17/05/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, wooden box shaped like a chalice with lid. Something can be heard rattling inside, but it is not possible to remove the lid. [El.B 17/05/2012]
- 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 Wood Plant, Material Bead, Process Carved, Process Turned
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 16 mm, Height: max 37 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1460 Other numbers: 2965
Search terms: Religion, Bead, Box, Amulet, Religious Object, Rosary, Lid
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