Ivory(?) pendant, amuletic, crescent-shaped

Made:
200 BCE-400 CE
Ivory(?) pendant, amuletic, crescent-shaped

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Ivory(?) pendant, amuletic, crescent-shaped, with hand in phallic fig gesture at one end, and phallic serpentine head at other end, in display case with similar objects, probably Roman, from Italy, 200BC-400AD

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A67830
Materials:
ivory, ? material
type:
pendant
credit:
Arte Antica e Moderna