- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, bone pendant in the shape of a horn, with carved ridges along the point, and perforated for suspension at the base. [ACA 10/07/2012]
- 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 Bone, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 59 mm, Width: max 11 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2093 Other numbers: 4189 R 13932/ 1936 A 665958 1765
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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