Amuletic pendant

Made:
1870-1920
SMG00165275

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Amuletic pendant, hand carved from mother-of-pearl, 2 fingers extended, rest clenched one of head necklace, protection against Evil Eye, Palestinian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A79557
Materials:
mother-of-pearl
type:
pendants