Amuletic glass ring trade amulet

Made:
1880-1930

Amuletic glass ring trade amulet, European made for West African market, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651132
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
ring only: diameter 19 mm
including projection: diameter 44 mm
thickness 5 mm
type:
rings
credit:
Glendining

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