- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, feline canine tooth, perforated through the centre, with a ribbon tied through the hole. [ACA 16/07/2012]
- 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 Animal Tooth, Material Ribbon Textile, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 82 mm, Width: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2229 Other numbers: 4459 R 14454/ 1936 2176
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Ornament, Amulet, Animal Part, Pendant
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