Amulet, painted bone egg with initials 'I H S' on the base [.3- .4] containing rosary beads [.1] and a conical piece of painted bone [.2]. [ACA 27/03/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, painted bone egg with initials 'I H S' on the base [.3- .4] containing rosary beads [.1] and a conical piece of painted bone [.2]. [ACA 27/03/2012]
Long description: Amulet, painted bone egg with initials 'I H S' on the base [.3- .4] containing rosary beads [.1] and a conical piece of painted bone [.2]. The egg is painted with a dark brown pigment using dots and a foliage design. There are two parts to it, a base [.3] and a lid [.4] which screws on to the base. The rosary beads are white with five black beads which are strung together on copper alloy links, with a crucifix attached, cast in copper alloy. The conical piece of bone is painted with a dark brown pigment with the top point of the cone left plain with no pigment. [ACA 27/03/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France
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 Bone, Material Bead, Material Metal, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Strung, Process Cast
Dimensions: Diameter: max 24 mm, Height: max 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.639.4 Other numbers: 1206