Amulet

Museum number:
9-12921
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Silver amulet made in the shape of a standing man; die stamped with silver foil. Native name: "lubaru" (amulet). Made by silversmiths and used by worshippers (usually Hindi) in need of a favor involving some part of their lives or bodies. Associated with 9-12920-26. Height 5.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Ooty Bazaar, Tamil Nadu, South India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Tamilnadu, Ootacamund Bazaar
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection date:
Summer 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #20: California State University, East Bay (November 5, 1979–July 31, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-12921, described as Silver amulet made in the shape of a standing man; die stamped with silver foil. Native name: "lubaru" (amulet). Made by silversmiths and used by worshippers (usually Hindi) in need of a favor involving some part of their lives or bodies. Associated with 9-12920-26. Height 5.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-12921, described as Silver amulet made in the shape of a standing man; die stamped with silver foil. Native name: "lubaru" (amulet). Made by silversmiths and used by worshippers (usually Hindi) in need of a favor involving some part of their lives or bodies. Associated with 9-12920-26. Height 5.5 cm.

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