- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Reliquary of wood, leaf-shaped with a stand, with a chamber with glass windows, painted black and red. [El.B 04/11/2013]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- by 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Glass, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Height: max 78 mm, Width: max 47 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.593
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Religious Object
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