- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a claw of a feline animal. Cream in colour. For associated claws and interior claw bones see [1985.50.985 .1 - .8] [EH [OPS move] 6/11/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Henry Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- 1906
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Claw
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 6 mm, Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.985.2
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Amulet, Animal Part
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