religious/ritual equipment;
pill-box
- Museum number
- Eu2002,04.5
- Description
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Pill box of a circular, squat form. Made of gold plastic, with a printed image of Christ on the lid with pink and blue rays emanating from his heart and a hand raised in benediction. Printed image covered by a clear plastic cover. Box lid opens with a press-button catch. The interior has a white plastic insert. Base of box moulded with concentric circles.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 4.70 centimetres
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Height: 1.50 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G24/dc7/bay6)
- Condition
- New.
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Acquisition notes
- Collected by Marianne Hartan from her home town, the pilgrimage site of Altötting, Bavaria, in November 2002, for the Department of Ethnography's Wellcome Trust Gallery.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu2002,04.5