Wooden cross

Made:
1880-1920
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Wooden cross, carved wooden hand at top and at ends of cross-beam, amuletic protection against Evil Eye, from Bahia, Bolivian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666090
Materials:
wood
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)