Metal finger ring

Made:
1601-1800 in Austria
Metal finger ring, worn as a protective hunting charm

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Metal finger ring, worn as a protective hunting charm
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Metal finger ring, worn as a protective hunting charm, set in pear-shaped pieces of stagshorn and with pendant keys and heart, possibly Austrian or Hungarian, 17th or 18th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641735
Materials:
metal and horn, ? material
type:
ring - jewelry