- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, wooden in the shape of a small gourd, lacquered reddish-brown with black and gold swirls, with red string and red tassel. [El.B 26/11/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- by 1916
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Carved, Process Lacquered Varnished
- Dimensions
- Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 60 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.753 Other numbers: R 12749/ 1936 2248
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