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Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Galvanic necklace

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Greenwich, London, 1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Bronchitis amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Bronchitis amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Executioner's chain of office, reputedly African, 1801-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Amuletic necklace of leather and crocodile skin wi

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Amuletic necklace, from Hebron, Palestine, c. 1880-1930.

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Amuletic necklace of interlocking brass beads, wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

Amulet necklace

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Necklace of snake vertebrae, Europe, 1871-1916

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1916

Necklace of woody nightshade, Coventry, England, 1901-1913

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1913

Necklace worn by a person wishing to have their body cryogenically frozen after death, United States, 1999

Biotechnology

1999

Part of a silver necklace decorated with the 'hand of Fatimah', Palestine, 1800-1930

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Necklace to protect from sore throats, London, England, 1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Healer’s decorated necklace, west-central Africa, 1880-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Amulet necklace

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Amulet necklace

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Asian Medicine

1986

Necklace consisting of coloured stone beads with p

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920

Necklace, amuletic, Sudanese, 1890-1932

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1932

Amuletic necklet, of string of fine close-set snak

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Twisted fibre necklace threaded with horn tips (sa

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Amuletic necklace of twisted fibre threaded with l

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Medicine man's necklace, Kaffir, South African, 18

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1935

Necklace, amuletic, comprising 14 teeth, 8 blue be

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1920

Necklace, amuletic, cloth covered packet of medici

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Five small square leather amulet cases threaded on

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Amuletic necklace of 4 claw-like iron pendants enc

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre co

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Amuletic necklace worn by, "witch doctor" part of

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920

Silver gilt necklace, from Abyssinia

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Part of amuletic necklace, lion's teeth sewn into

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Necklace, formed from 27 pieces of root threaded o

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1900

White bead necklace with horn tip in centre sold b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1925

Quantity of snail shells, once strung with red woo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920

Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton, kn

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1920

Necklace of string metal beads and horn, amuletic,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Necklace, amuletic, leather with four hanging pend

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1924

Bronchitis amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

Necklace from actress's travelling case

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Triangular neckpiece, hinged with loop and two bar

Plastics and Modern Materials

1974

Chokwe masquerader's necklace

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Necklace consisting of coloured stone beads and sm

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920

Beaded necklace

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Necklace of small stone beads of many colours, dou

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920

Necklace(?) or girdle(?) in brown leather with sat

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1933