- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a figure of the Virgin Mary [.1] made of white metal, which fits inside a silver cylindrical box [.2] with a detachable lid [.3]. [ACA 17/04/2012]
- 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 Silver Metal, Material White Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 5 mm, Height: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.882.3 Other numbers: 1726
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Box, Amulet, Religious Object
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