Silver amulet

Made:: 1701-1800

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Silver amulet
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Silver amulet, in the form of a hand making the manofica sign and holding a flower, Italian, probably 18th century

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A641886

Materials:: silver

type:: protective amulets

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Silver amulet

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