- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, piece of shell carved in the form of a heart. Perforated, with wire loop threaded through for suspension. [EH [OPS move] 10/11/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- 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 Shell, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm, Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 17 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.1077
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