Length of plaited white cotton threads with coloured knots

Made:
1850-1920
Length of plaited white cotton threads with coloured knots

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Length of plaited white cotton threads with coloured knots
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Length of plaited white cotton threads with coloured knots, worn around wrist and neck to protect against Evil Eye, 1850-1920, provenance unknown

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657580
Materials:
cotton, tweed
type:
amulet
credit:
Canziani, E.