Square shaped cloth amulet with triangular side flaps

Made:: 1880-1920

SMG00167055
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Square shaped cloth amulet with triangular side flaps, stitched cotton design, amuletic against evil spirits, Persian, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A666028

Materials:: cotton and silk

Measurements:: length 198 mm
width 102 mm
thickness 10 mm

type:: protective amulets

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Square shaped cloth amulet with triangular side flaps

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