- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, silver pendant with enamelled picture of a saint (or possibly Jesus or Mary). [El.B 07/06/2012]
- 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 Silver Metal, Material Enamel, Process Enamelled
- Dimensions
- Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 20 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1618 Other numbers: 3416
Search terms: Religion, Insignia, Ornament, Amulet, Medal, Pendant
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