- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Written charm in leathern case.
- Cultural groups
- Tuareg Berber
- Person
- Field collector Francis James Rennell Rodd
- Field collector Buchanan-Rodd Expedition
- PRM source Francis James Rennell Rodd
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1922
- Date collected
- November 1922
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 76 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.36.65
Search terms: Religion, Writing, Amulet, Inscription
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