- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, relief figure of the Virgin Mary cast in brass, triangular in shape with serrated edging and a flat reverse, with a loop for suspension. [RB 04/07/2012]
- 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 Brass Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 51 x 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2049 Other numbers: 4135
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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