Metal finger ring and amulet

Made:
1701-1800

Metal finger ring and amulet, with circular signs, supposedly magical, possibly 18th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641747
Materials:
metal
Measurements:
band: diameter 21 mm
bezel: diameter 18 mm
type:
finger rings

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