- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cylindrical silver amulet case, decorated with three incised parallel spirals composed of pairs of leaves between straight lines. [EH [OPS move] 6/11/2017]
- Long description
- Cylindrical silver amulet case, decorated with three incised parallel spirals composed of pairs of leaves between straight lines. Loops at either end. It was once possible to remove one end, however the case has corroded and the end cannot now easily be removed. [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 Silver Metal, Process Incised, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 43 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Height: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.938
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