- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a figure of the Virgin Mary cast in white metal, which fits inside a rectangular ?steel box [1985.52.2319 .2] with a detachable lid [1985.52.2319 .3]. [ASh [OPS move] 31/1/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille
- 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 White Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Height: max 27 mm, Width: max 16 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2319.1 Other numbers: 4633
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Box, Amulet, Religious Object, Lid
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