Amulet, brooch in the shape of an axe, with two inscribed six-pointed stars hanging from it. [El.B 17/12/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, brooch in the shape of an axe, with two inscribed six-pointed stars hanging from it. [El.B 17/12/2013]
Long description: Amulet, brooch in the shape of an axe, with two inscribed six-pointed stars hanging from it. The axe is incised and decorated with filigree, also mounted with four stones (only one blue glass stone remaining, the others missing). [El.B 17/12/2013]
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria; Algiers
Person: Field collector Henry Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1906
Date collected: 1906
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Glass, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width: max 56 mm, Length: max 37 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.50.964
Research and responses: Collected by Walter Leo Hildburgh's father under his instruction.
The inscriptions in Arabic on the S.of S. read "Al-Jaza'ir" - "Algeria".
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour in the pamphlet accompanying the Reading Room displays at the Welcome Collection with the caption “Axe brooch with Seal of Solomon pendant Metal Algeria RRa0206/1985.50.964 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford” [FB 15/8/2016]

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