Amuletic pendant of silver in the shape of Fatima's Hand. Cut from a sheet of silver, decorated with Arabic text and, on one side, an incised box, knuckles and nails. [BA [OPS move] 7/11/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amuletic pendant of silver in the shape of Fatima's Hand. Cut from a sheet of silver, decorated with Arabic text and, on one side, an incised box, knuckles and nails. [BA [OPS move] 7/11/2017]
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 Silver Metal, Process Incised, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated, Process Cutwork
Dimensions: Width: max 32 mm, Depth: max 1 mm, Length: max 44 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.50.1023
Research and responses: Sketch p101 H.H. notes; Bakker MPhilThesis 1996:65