Oval-shaped shell pendant

Made:
1880-1920 in Palermo

Ovoid piece of shell in metal casing, backed with silk and glass, to promote fertility, from Palermo, Sicily, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A67507
Materials:
shell, alloy, glass and silk
type:
pendants
credit:
Daneu