Amulet operculum(?) of shell
- Made:
- 1880-1905
Amulet operculum(?) of shell, smoothed into ovoid shape, known as "Eye of St. Lucia", to avert Evil Eye, from Venice, Italian, 1880-1905
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A79918
- Materials:
- shell
- type:
- protective amulets