Amulet in the shape of a female figure with two fishtails, hung with five bells. [El.B 23/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet in the shape of a female figure with two fishtails, hung with five bells. [El.B 23/10/2008]
Long description: The fishtails curve upwards on each side of the figure. On her head is a crown and a winged cupid figure. Both faces of the amulets are the same. Fixed at the top is a chain for suspension. [El.B 23/10/2008]
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 1903
Date collected: 1903
Acquisition information: Loaned: 07/1968
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Height: max 95 mm, Width: max 75 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.13.350
Research and responses: Relevant publications: The Evil Eye, an 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.