Amulet; circular charm case covered with rows of small turquoise blue and white beads, with fringe of six cowry shells, attached by a cobalt blue bead to a necklace consisting of a double string of turquoise blue and white beads. [SB [OPS Move] 06/09/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet; circular charm case covered with rows of small turquoise blue and white beads, with fringe of six cowry shells, attached by a cobalt blue bead to a necklace consisting of a double string of turquoise blue and white beads. [SB [OPS Move] 06/09/2017]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Person: Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date
Date collected: 1928
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Cowrie Shell, Material Bead, Material Shell, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 87 mm, Length: max 413 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.54.1652 Other numbers: A 70069 R 30295 ? 341

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