Amulet shaped like a triangle joined to a ring, made of purple glass, with a circular hole for suspension, known by the Arabic term talhakimt. [RB 28/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet shaped like a triangle joined to a ring, made of purple glass, with a circular hole for suspension, known by the Arabic term talhakimt. [RB 28/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet shaped like a triangle joined to a ring, made of purple glass, with a circular hole for suspension, known by the Arabic term talhakimt. There are three horizontal grooves running across the width of the triangle, and a decorative crosshatched pattern on the recessed surface around the circular hole in the upper part and a raised undecorated triangular shape in the lower part. [RB 28/05/2012]
Geographical reference: Morocco
Africa > Northern Africa > Morocco
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 Glass, Process Moulded, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 77 x 50 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1552 Other numbers: 3174 300540 A 658405
Research and responses: This is an imitation of cornelian amulets known by the Arabic term talhakimt. [RB 28/05/2012]

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