Amulet
- Museum number:
- 9-11395
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011395
- Alternate number:
- 446 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- amulet; pendant; silver, repousse, with image of Durga as Ambamata; heart shaped; strung on narrow black cord; length of amulet - 6 cm.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Rajasthan, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Rajasthan, Bhil
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- 1969-1970
- Materials:
- Silk, Silver (metal), and Synthetic
- 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:
- November 11, 1970
- Context of use:
- shape derives from the betel leaf and is therefore known as 'pan'. worn by men and women of the Bhil tribe. made by men.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 6 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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