Two coral beads threaded onto a length of string

Two coral beads threaded onto a length of string, one amorphous

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Two coral beads threaded onto a length of string, one amorphous
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Two coral beads threaded onto a length of string, one amorphous, other generally smaller and cylindrical, European, 1870-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665448
Materials:
coral and string
Measurements:
string doubled: length 55 mm
coral bead max: length 16 mm
coral bead max: diameter 13 mm
type:
amulet and bead - pierced object