- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cylindrical amulet case of wood covered with textile, with metal cap at each end. The textile is red with a gold pattern, and each of the metal cap has a ring with a tassel of purple yarn attached. One of these caps is attached and the other is detachable. For detachable cap see [1985.53.850 .2] and for slip of paper inside cylinder see [1985.53.850 .3]. [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
- 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 Textile, Material Metal, Material Yarn, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 80 mm all together without tassels
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.850.1 Other numbers: R 13537/ 1936
1985.53.850.1
Cylindrical amulet case of wood covered with textile, with metal cap at each end. The textile is red with a gold pattern, and each of the metal cap has a ring with a tassel of purple yarn attached. One of these caps is attached and the other is detachable. For detachable cap see [1985.53.850 .2] and for slip of paper inside cylinder see [1985.53.850 .3]. [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
1985.53.850.1
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