- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of fossilised shark tooth. [BA [OPS move] 15/11/2017]
- 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 Fossil, Material Shark Tooth Fish
- Dimensions
- Length: max 30 mm, Depth: max 9 mm, Width: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.1182
Search terms: Religion, Animalia, Geology, Amulet, Fossil, Fish Part
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