Spanish mucuma seed amuletic pendant

Made:
1600-1900
Spanish mucuma seed amuletic pendant, 18th to 19th centuries

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Spanish mucuma seed amuletic pendant, 18th to 19th centuries
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Spanish mucuma seed amuletic pendant, 18th to 19th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A632126
Materials:
pendant, vegetable (seed) and mounting, silver
Measurements:
length 35 mm
width 35 mm
height 15 mm
type:
pendantsamulets

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