- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a cowrie shell cufflink, with a copper alloy metal loop and clip for attachment. [RB 28/05/2012]
- 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 Cowrie Shell, Material Copper Alloy Metal
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 32 x 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1569 Other numbers: 3269
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Clothing, Animalia, Amulet, Clothes Fastener, Arm Ornament, Shell
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