Amuletic pendant in form of male genitalia of moulded black glass with applied polychrome decoration

Made:: Egypt and India

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Amuletic pendant in form of male genitalia of moulded black glass with applied polychrome decoration, possibly Egyptian or Indian, no provenance or date details

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A87349

Materials:: glass

type:: pendant

credit:: Gayer-Anderson, R.G.

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Amuletic pendant in form of male genitalia of moulded black glass with applied polychrome decoration

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