Amuletic cornelian bead

Made:
1801-1900
Amuletic cornelian bead, roughly rectangular

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Amuletic cornelian bead, roughly rectangular
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Amuletic cornelian bead, roughly rectangular, perforated at narrower end, De Mortillet collection, from Senegal, European, 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665196
Materials:
stone, cornelian
Measurements:
length 22 mm
width 15 mm
thickness 13 mm
type:
bead - pierced object

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