- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lead labret inlaid with beads
- Long description
- Amulet, lip plug, with a flat rectangular base and cylindrical centre, made from lead and inlaid with blue beads. [ACA 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 Lead Metal, Material Bead, Process Inlaid
- Dimensions
- Height: max 9 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 37 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2502 Other numbers: R 4505/ 1937
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Lip Ornament
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