Amulet in the shape of a hand with a bracelet, made of coral with gilt socket. [El.B 13/11/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet in the shape of a hand with a bracelet, made of coral with gilt socket. [El.B 13/11/2008]
Long description: The bracelet is also gilt with turquoise stone. The hand has the thumb sticking out between the first two fingers. [El.B 13/11/2008]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Naples
Cultural groups: Italian
Person: Field collector Frederick Thomas Elworthy; PRM source Somerset Archaeological Society; PRM source Somerset County Museum, Taunton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: circa 1890 - 1905
Acquisition information: Loaned: 07/1968
Materials and processes: Material Turquoise Stone, Material Coral, Material Gilt Metal, Process Carved, Process Gilded
Dimensions: Length: max 31 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.13.57
Research and responses: Relevant publications: The Evil Eye, a Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London. John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1895. Horns of Honour and Other Studies in the By-ways of Archaeology, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1900.

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