Small mother-of-pearl hand
- Made:
- 1880-1935
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Small mother-of-pearl hand, fist clenched except extended index and small finger (mano cornuta), turquoise originally, attached to wrist, against Evil Eye, Italian, 1880-1935
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665854
- Materials:
- mother-of-pearl and brass
- Measurements:
-
length 41 mm
width 10 mm
thickness 8 mm
- type:
- amulets
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