Pendant amulet

Made:
1871-1920
Pendant amulet

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Pendant amulet
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Pendant amulet, in form of white carved shell hand holding 3 coral(?) branches or horns, apotropaion, De Mortillet collection, from Naples, Italian, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665941
Materials:
shell, coral and alloy
type:
pendant