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LicenseSilver amulet, in the form of a crescent moon
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Silver amulet, in the form of a crescent moon
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Silver amulet, in the form of a crescent moon, with face in profile, and topped by a bow, worn as protection against the evil eye, Neapolitan, 18th or early 19th centuries, marked
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641849
- Materials:
- silver
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1 mm x 32 mm x 50 mm, .008 kg
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Alford, V.
