- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, wooden heart and cross, and figure of the Virgin Mary in lead, tied together with black ribbon. [El.B 20/07/2012]
- 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 Lead Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Ribbon Textile, Process Carved, Process Cast, Process Incised, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 44 mm heart, Length: max 31 mm figure
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2422 Other numbers: 4886
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