Glass trade amulet or talhakim

Made:
1871-1900
Glass trade amulet or talhakim, in brownish-red

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Glass trade amulet or talhakim, in brownish-red
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Glass trade amulet or talhakim, in brownish-red, orange and white, of "arrowhead" design, Sudanese provenance, European manufacture, late 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A4968
Materials:
glass
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)