Amulet carved form shell, in form of curved horn and skull

Made:: 1850-1920

Amulet carved form shell
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Amulet carved form shell, in form of curved horn terminating in skull, as protection from Evil Eye, Italian, 1850-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A666107

Materials:: shell and copper (wire)

Measurements:: length 44 mm
width 14 mm
depth 9 mm

type:: amulet

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Amulet carved form shell, in form of curved horn and skull

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