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Square leather amulet cse, attached to twisted leather thong
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Square leather amulet case, attached to twisted leather thong, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1908
The square case, with tooled decoration on front, probably contains a protective charm (higab/hijab) for warding off toothache, written on paper, folded up and sealed within.
العلبة المربعة، المزخرفة على الواجهة الأمامية، ربما تحتوي على تعويذة وقائية للوقاية من ألم الأسنان مكتوبة على ورق، مطوية ومختومة من الداخل.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A45641
- Materials:
- leather
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Anderson, R.G.
