Pendant amulet of polished cornelain

Made:: 1801-1920

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Pendant amulet of polished cornelain, flat
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Pendant amulet of polished cornelain, flat, rectangular with bevelled sides, De Mortillet collection, European(?), 1801-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657530

Materials:: cornelian

type:: bead - pierced object

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Pendant amulet of polished cornelain

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