Amulet or cimaruta in the form of a rue branch
- Made:
- 1701-1830
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Silver amulet or cimaruta, in the form of a branch of rue terminated in various amuletic shapes, to ward off the evil eye, Italian, 18th or early 19th centuries
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641846
- Materials:
- silver
- Measurements:
-
overall: 2 mm x 71 mm x 59 mm, .015 kg
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Alford, V.
