- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hand of Fatima amulet with an inscription, a six pointed star and a crescent moon across the surface, with a suspension loop. [SM 11/02/2011]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1910
- Date collected
- 1910
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Width: max 16 mm, Length: max 24 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.336 Other numbers: R 35678 R 15674/ 1936 A 79842 OP AM PER
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Pendant, Inscription
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