- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a pointed, curved bird's claw with section of bone and skin attached. Dark brown in colour. [EH [OPS move] 16/11/2017]
- 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
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 6 mm, Width: max 16 mm, Length: max 31 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.1249
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