Small leaf-shaped heart carved in bone

Made:
1870-1930 in Padua

Small leaf-shaped heart carved in bone, perforated for suspension at the top, engraved on each side with a crude cross, from Padua, Italian, 1870-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665465
Materials:
bone
type:
amulet
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust