Oval jade tablet amulet inscribed with arabic invocations for protection against "Evil Eye"

Made:: 1870-1920

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Oval jade tablet amulet inscribed with arabic invocations for protection against "Evil Eye", in stitched cloth bag, Near East, 1870-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A34698

Materials:: jade and cloth, bag

type:: protective amulets

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Oval jade tablet amulet inscribed with arabic invocations for protection against "Evil Eye"

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