- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small wooden figure of a gourd, perhaps made from a seed, with string of red yarn and a bead, probably an amulet against falling. [El.B 03/12/2013]
- 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 Bead, Material Yarn, Material Plant Seed, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 11 mm, Length: max 23 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.855 Other numbers: 2557/ 1940 A 666409
1985.53.855
Small wooden figure of a gourd, perhaps made from a seed, with string of red yarn and a bead, probably an amulet against falling. [El.B 03/12/2013]
1985.53.855
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