- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, bone pendant representing an open right hand, with a metal suspension loop. The cuff is decorated with cross-hatching. Used as an amulet against the Evil Eye. [CW [OPS move] 21/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- 1914
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Bone, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 56 mm, Depth: max 12 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.147
1985.50.147
Amulet, bone pendant representing an open right hand, with a metal suspension loop. The cuff is decorated with cross-hatching. Used as an amulet against the Evil Eye. [CW [OPS move] 21/9/2017]
1985.50.147
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