Amulet dish with pendant

Made:
1850-1910 in Tibet
maker:
Unknown
Amulet dish with pendant

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Amulet, pierced brass dish, from which aew suspended metal pendant and many cowrie shells, by shredded leather thong, with jade pendant, Tibetan, 1850-1910

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A19070
Materials:
brass, jade, leather and shells
Measurements:
overall: 470 mm x 128 mm x 90 mm,
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)