Amulet case on twisted leather double strand band for attachment on arm

Made:: 1890-1930

Amulet case on twisted leather double strand band for
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Amulet case on twisted leather double strand band for attachment on arm, worn by fighting men, desert districts, Moroccan, 1890-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A129665

Materials:: leather

Measurements:: length 40 mm
width 37 mm
thickness 23 mm
with band: length 132 mm

type:: amulet case

credit:: Glendining

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Amulet case on twisted leather double strand band for attachment on arm

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