- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet and ornament, finger-ring of brass stamped with star, diamond and floral designs, set with a red glass stone imitating coral. [El.B 10/01/2014]
- 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 Brass Metal, Material Glass, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.954
- Research and responses
Collected by Walter Leo Hildburgh's father under his instruction.
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Finger Ring
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