- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Textile badge or scapular. [MdeA 25/07/2012]
- Long description
- The textile is printed with two angels and two hearts and the inscription "SACRES COEURS DE JESUS ET MARIE PROTEGEZ NOUS" [Sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary protect us]. The printed textile is stitched to a piece of orange textile. [MdeA 25/07/2012]
- 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 Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Printed, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 48 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2600
Search terms: Religion, Insignia, Ornament, Amulet, Badge, Religious Object
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