Amulet, a neck ornament consisting of 5 gilt silver pieces threaded onto black thread. [EH [OPS move] 13/11/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a neck ornament consisting of 5 gilt silver pieces threaded onto black thread. [EH [OPS move] 13/11/2017]
Long description: Amulet, a neck ornament consisting of 5 gilt silver pieces threaded onto black thread. Each piece consists of a rectangular piece with rounded ends, decorated on one side with rows of stamped geometric patterns, perforated at the top and in two places transversely. At the end of these rectangular pieces is a loop. Three of the pieces have a diamond-shaped piece (perhaps a conventionalised hand?) attached to the loop, and the other two have circular pieces resembling coins. [EH [OPS move] 13/11/2017]
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria; Constantine
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 Gilt Metal, Material Yarn, Process Stamped, Process Gilded, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 4 mm, Length: max 62 mm, Width: max 55 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.50.1094

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