Child's amuletic necklace

Made:
1874 in France
maker:
Unknown
Child's amuletic necklace, with bead aureole

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Child's amuletic necklace, with bead aureole
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Child's amuletic necklace, with bead aureole, from which hangs medallion with representation of Virgin and Child, inscribed Notre Dame de Bon Secours, De Mortillet collection, French, 1874

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665513
Materials:
band, thread, band, alloy and beads, glass
Measurements:
band doubled: length 290 mm
bead band: length 29 mm
bead band: width 15 mm
medallion: length 23 mm
medallion: width 15 mm
type:
necklace and amulet