Five cornelian beads with incised linear design strung on red silk thread
- Made:
- 1801-1920
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Five cornelian beads with incised linear design strung on red silk thread, bound at intervals with black and gold thread, amuletic, De Mortillet collection, probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657527
- Materials:
- cornelian and silk, thread
- Measurements:
-
string doubled: length 159 mm
largest bead: length 20 mm
largest bead: diameter 12 mm
smallest bead: length 16 mm
smallest bead: diameter 9 mm
- type:
- amulet and bead - pierced object
