- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a double sided medallion, with a religious figure on each side, beneath a layer of glass, mounted in lead, with a loop for suspension. [ACA 31/05/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, a double sided medallion, with a religious figure on each side, beneath a layer of glass, mounted in lead, with a loop for suspension. On one side there is a religious figure made from silver ?foil metal and painted, it is glued to a green paper background. On the other side there is a figure which is also made from silver ?foil metal, painted and glued to red paper. [ACA 31/05/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Potosí Department Pulacayo
- 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 Lead Metal, Material Pigment, Material Paper Plant, Material Glass, Material Foil Metal, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 28 mm, Height: max 37 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1689 Other numbers: 3575
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Religious Object, Neck Ornament
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