- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, operculum shell mounted in silver with a serrated edge, with a loop for suspension. [ACA 09/07/2012]
- 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 Silver Metal, Material Operculum Shell
- Dimensions
- Height: max 25 mm, Width: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2090 Other numbers: 4185 R 14536/ 1936 2194
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Animalia, Amulet, Pendant, Shell, Neck Ornament
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