Small amuletic horn carved from black horn

Made:
1880-1920
Small amuletic horn carved from black horn

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Small amuletic horn carved from black horn
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Small amuletic horn carved from black horn, with loop for suspension, used to avert the Evil Eye, De Mortillet Collection, from Bologna, Italian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666127
Materials:
horn
type:
amulet and horn