- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carved stone figure of a bird. Predominantly black in colour with grey sections. [PRA [OPS move] 5/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Native American
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1919
- Date collected
- By 1919
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Height: max 39 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 105 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.224 Other numbers: R 1549?/ 1937
Search terms: Figure, Religion, Amulet, Bird Figure
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