- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Reliquary, leaf-shaped wooden frame with painted foot, with glass-covered window in the centre containing stones. [El.B 13/11/2013]
- Long description
- Reliquary, leaf-shaped wooden frame with painted foot, with glass-covered window in the centre containing stones. The foot is painted black with gold flowers.[El.B 13/11/2013]
- 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 Metal, Material Glass, Material Stone, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Height: max 76 mm, Width: max 46 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.615 Other numbers: R 13548/ 1936
Search terms: Religion, Amulet, Religious Object
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