Small hand and arm in mother-of-pearl
- Made:
- 1880-1935
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Small hand and arm in mother-of-pearl, gold mount with suspension ring, hand clenched, thumb inserted between index and next finger against Evil Eye, Italian, 1880-1935
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665853
- Materials:
- mother-of-pearl and gold, ? material
- Measurements:
-
length 37 mm
width 11 mm
thickness 6 mm
- type:
- amulets
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