Neck worn amulet
- Museum number:
- 5-16898
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016898
- Accession number:
- Acc.4748
- Description:
- Leather neck worn amulet. Would hav been strung on a cord, through a casing which is sewn wiht a leather thong. Probably contained a paper mandala.
- Donor:
- Robert I. Orlins
- Collection place:
- Kalabsha Village, Sudan
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa, Nubia, Kalabsha village.
- Culture or time period:
- Nubian
- Collector:
- Robert I. Orlins
- Collection date:
- 1964-1965
- Materials:
- Leather and Paper (fiber product)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Amulets
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- February 8, 2005
- Context of use:
- Protective amulet
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 5.8 centimeters, height 0.07 centimeters, and width 5 centimeters
- Images:
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