- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, porcupine paw in an ornamented silver mount. [EH [OPS move] 8/11/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, porcupine paw in an ornamented silver mount. The mount has a triangular serrated edge, and is ornamented with diagonal strips alternately scored. The base has four extended lobes. and there is a suspension loop attached in the centre. [EH [OPS move] 8/11/2017]
- 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 Part, Material Silver Metal, Process Incised, Process Bent, Process Soldered
- Dimensions
- Length: max 65 mm, Width: max 34 mm, Depth: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.1105
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Ornament, Amulet, Animal Part
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