Amuletic pendant

Made:
1801-1900
Amuletic pendant, consisting of inscribed chalcedony

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Amuletic pendant, consisting of inscribed chalcedony
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Amuletic pendant, consisting of inscribed chalcedony, possibly seal, with copper mount, De Mortillet collection, said to be from De Mortillet collection, said to be from Samarkand, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665159
Materials:
copper and stone, chalcedony
Measurements:
length 20 mm
width 15 mm
with loop: width 20 mm
type:
pendant

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