Amulet. Charm used by barren women in fertility rites. [ASh [OPS move] 04/12/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet. Charm used by barren women in fertility rites. [ASh [OPS move] 04/12/2017]
Long description: Amulet. Charm used by barren women in fertility rites. Consisting of a section of bone, five thick squares of slate, one shell, a copper alloy coin, one blue glass bead and one large bead, which is green, white and red in colour. Strung together with knotted string. [ASh [OPS move] 04/12/2017]
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: 1929
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Animal Bone, Material Slate Stone, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Shell, Process Strung, Process Knotted, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 32 mm, Width: max 73 mm, Length: max 130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.54.2999 Other numbers: A 107655 R 40514 526

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