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Case, leather, rectangular, containing mirror and possibly extracts from the Koran, on sling of many strands, Sudanese, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658282
- Materials:
- leather, glass, mirror and paper, ? material
- Measurements:
-
with sling: length 420 mm
length 132 mm
width 85 mm
thickness 17 mm
- type:
- amulet case
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