Oval-shaped shell pendant

Made:
1880-1920 in Palermo
maker:
Unknown

Ovoid piece of shell in metal casing, backed with silk and glass, to promote fertility, from Palermo, Sicily, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A67507
Materials:
shell, alloy, glass and silk
Measurements:
height 30 mm
width 23 mm
depth 12 mm
type:
pendants
credit:
Daneu