- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, metal coin with square perforation, with a representation of the three wise monkeys. [El.B 09/12/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1907
- Date collected
- 1907
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Process Struck, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 27 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.933 Other numbers: 07 59
Search terms: Religion, Currency, Figure, Amulet, Coin, Animal Figure
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