- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a wooden cross, with a circular shape bound to the points of cross with ?palm leaves and cotton yarn, with a loop of string for suspension. [RB 23/08/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, a wooden cross, with a circular shape bound to the points of cross with ?palm leaves and cotton yarn, with a loop of string for suspension. The cross is cracked in various places, but is still a complete object. [RB 23/08/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- 1901
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 593 x 232 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2783
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Cross
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