Large pendant-amulet

Made:
1801-1900
Large pendant-amulet

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Large pendant-amulet
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Large pendant-amulet, consisting of square piece of polished cornelian, with canted corners set in elaborate filigree silver mount with double loop for suspension, De Mortillet collection, from East Russia, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665175
Materials:
cornelian and silver
Measurements:
length 35 mm
width 35 mm
thickness 19 mm
mount, approx.: length 53 mm
mount, approx.: width 53 mm
type:
pendant

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