Amulet in form of bone hand in metal mount with suspenision ring

Made:
1870-1935
Amulet in form of bone hand in metal mount with suspenision

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Amulet in form of bone hand in metal mount with suspenision
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Amulet in form of bone hand in metal mount with suspenision ring, thumb touches top of forefinger, reputedly holding copper wire ring between thumb and index finger, Rome, Italian, 1870-1935

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665864
Materials:
bone and mount, metal
type:
amulets