- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant in the shape of an elephant with a raised trunk, made of imitation ivory with a copper alloy metal loop for suspension. [RB 13/07/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- 1914
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Moulded
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 21 x 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2155 Other numbers: 4295 R 14870/ 1936 p. 1935
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Animal Figure, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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