Brass divination bowl

Brass divination bowl, called a Fear Cup

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Brass divination bowl, called a Fear Cup
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Brass divination bowl, called a Fear Cup, lengthy arabic inscriptions, perhaps Persian, 18th or 19th centuries

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A155161
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
height 37 mm
diameter 126 mm
type:
divination-bowl
credit:
Ohan, N. and Son