Amulet consisting of ornamental leather case

Made:: 1871-1910

Amulet consisting of ornamental leather case, polychrome
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Amulet consisting of ornamental leather case, polychrome, worn by horses and donkeys, Persian(?), 1871-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658142

Materials:: leather

Measurements:: length 92 mm
width 66 mm
thickness 5 mm

type:: amulet case

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Amulet consisting of ornamental leather case

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