- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, head of a rhinoceros beetle. [El.B 23/05/2012]
- 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 Insect
- Dimensions
- Width: max 25 mm, Length: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1604 Other numbers: 3398
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Amulet, Animal Part
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