- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, cardboard heart with metal-framed medallion attached. [El.B 03/08/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, cardboard heart with metal-framed medallion attached. The heart has flowers embossed around the edge. The medallion has a picture of a praying child on one side and the Lord's Prayer in French on the other. [El.B 03/08/2012]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Metal, Material Paper Plant, Material Glass, Process Embossed, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 21 mm medallion, Width: max 63 mm, Length: max 70 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2404 Other numbers: 4784
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Religious Object
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