- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, textile pendant depicting the Sacred Heart and instruments of the Passion, with a paper document folded inside [.2]. [RB 01/08/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, textile pendant depicting the Sacred Heart and instruments of the Passion [.1], with a paper document folded inside [.2]. The pendant is comprised of a yellow coloured textile on the reverse, and a white ?linen textile panel on the front. It also has a green cotton yarn loop for suspension. One side of the pendant is open, and there is a French religious tract folded up inside. The title of religious tract is 'PRIÈRES AFFECTUEUSES Pour exciter la confiance dans l'invocation du Nom adorable de Jesus.' [RB 01/08/2012]
- 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 Textile, Material Paper Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Process Printed, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 38 x 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2465.1 Other numbers: 5031
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Bag, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Document
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