Amuletic pendant

Amuletic pendant, silver alloy

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Amuletic pendant, silver alloy
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Amuletic pendant, silver alloy, in form of flat triangular plaque with ring at top and 3 perforations at base, probably incomplete, De Mortillet collection, from East Russia, 1801-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665500
Materials:
silver alloy
Measurements:
length 38 mm
width 31 mm
smallest: length 20 mm
smallest: width 13 mm
smallest: thickness 8 mm
type:
pendant