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Silver amulet, in the form of a bodkin, decorated

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Silver amulet, in the form of a bodkin, decorated shaft with a loop at 1 end and a hand making manofica sign at other worn as protection against evil eye, Italian

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Object Number:: A641880

type:: protective amulets folk medicine (protection), bodkins, folk medicine (protection), hands, manofica and protective amulets

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