- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Metal coin held inside an Amulet, [.1] metal spherical box that opens and is fastened by a [.2] screw, with a loop for suspension. [MJD (Verve) 17/1/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, [.1] metal spherical box that opens and is fastened by a [.2] screw, containing [.3-.12] ten metal coins, with a loop for suspension. [.3] is possibly the 'Arab coin', [.4] is the 'Mexican coin', [.5] is possibly the 'Pondicherry coin', [.6] is possibly the 'wattle', and [.7- .12] are the six 'Indian half-wattles'. All of the coins are marked with different patterns and some have inscriptions, and [.3- .4] are perforated. There are traces of red and gold ?pigment on the metal [.1] spherical hinged box which could indicate that it was once painted. [RB 26/03/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material White Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Struck, Process Cast, Process Hammered, Process Soldered, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 16 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.636.3 Other numbers: 1199
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Currency, Amulet, Pendant, Coin, Neck Ornament
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