- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lid for the amulet box 1985.52.803 .2. Wooden and cylindrical in shape. The box and lid house the amulet of a ceramic figure of the Virgin Mary [1985.52.803 .1] [RB 11/04/2012]
- 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 Pottery, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Varnished
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 17 mm, Height: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.803.3 Other numbers: 1551
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Box, Pottery, Amulet, Religious Object
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