Silver amulet, syren with double fish tail, hung with bells

Collection type: Object
Description: Silver amulet, syren with double fish tail, hung with bells
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Naples
Cultural groups: Italian
Person: Field collector Miss Payne Smith; Field collector Jessie Payne Smith; Field collector Mary Payne Smith; PRM source Miss Payne Smith; PRM source Jessie Payne Smith; PRM source Mary Payne Smith
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Donated: 1924
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal
Dimensions: Height: max 220 mm incl chain
Object numbers: Accession number: 1924.11.3
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour on page 20 of Particularly Ravishing Morsels: Recipes from Around the World Inspired by the Collections, by The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum (no place [Oxford], no publisher [Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum], no date [2007]). It is used to illustrate a recipe for 'Chicken Putanesca' by Anne Phythian-Adams and is captioned 'Silver amulet, siren with double fish tail, hung with bells, Naples, Italy. 1924.11.3' [El.B 29/04/2008]

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