Amulet, red linen heart shaped satchel, embroidered, with a blue cotton backing, with a pink linen loop for suspension, with two fragments. [ACA 29/03/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, red linen heart shaped satchel, embroidered, with a blue cotton backing, with a pink linen loop for suspension, with two fragments. [ACA 29/03/2012]
Long description: Amulet, red linen heart shaped satchel, embroidered, with a blue cotton backing, with a pink linen loop for suspension, with fragments. The satchel is embroidered with metal thread and wire, the metal thread and decorative flat wire is distorted with some areas no longer attached. There are two pieces detached, one a textile disc painted with a ?face on the front with a hole at each side where it would have been attached to the amulet, the original stitch holes are visible on the amulet. The second detached piece is a small flat metal sequin with a hole in the centre. [ACA 29/03/2012]
Geographical reference: Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia; Moscow
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Sequin, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Height: max 53 mm, Width: max 40 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.725 Other numbers: 1402

Search terms: Religion, Bag, Amulet

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