Trochus or opercula shell amulet
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Trochus or opercula shell amulet, against evil eye, called eye of St. Lucia, from Chioggia, Italian, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665267
- Materials:
- shell, trochus(?) or opercula
- type:
- shells
- credit:
- Lovett collection
