Silver amulet or cimaruta
- Made:
- 1701-1830
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Silver amulet or cimaruta, in the form of a spring of rue, divided into 3 basic branches terminating with various amuletic emblems, with loop for suspension, worn as protection against the evil eye, Neapolitan, 18th or early 19th centuries
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641851
- Materials:
- silver
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Alford, V.
