Amulet, crescent shaped boar tusks, mounted in metal with loops for suspension, with a metal pendant and coins, used as an ornament for horses. [ACA 11/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, crescent shaped boar tusks, mounted in metal with loops for suspension, with a metal pendant and coins, used as an ornament for horses. [ACA 11/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet, crescent shaped boar tusks, mounted in metal with loops for suspension, with a metal pendant and coins, used as an ornament for horses. The tusks have been joined together with a central metal mount which is two loops at the top for suspension. Between the two tusks there is a metal pendant which is suspended from loops from the central mount. The pendant has a floral pattern and a crescent shape, there are three coins which have been perforated and suspended from the bottom of the pendant along with two semi-circular metal pendants which may have been ?mounts for something else. One of the tusks has a metal mount on the tip where a coin is suspended from. [ACA 11/05/2012]
Geographical reference: Turkey
Asia > Western Asia > Turkey
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 Boar Tooth Animal, Material Copper Alloy Metal
Dimensions: Height: max 125 mm, Width: max 40 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1236 Other numbers: 2489 R 1423/ 1937 p 2688 1432/ 1937

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