Metal jewlery
- Museum number:
- 9-10990
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090010990
- Alternate number:
- 248 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- amulet for evil eye; silver, cloth string; a) amulet 4.5 cm length; 2.5 cm width b) string 42 cm length
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Delhi State, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Delhi
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- January 1970
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile) (cotton string) and Silver (metal) (silver charm)
- 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:
- Worn around neck everyday by men and women for protection against the evil eye. Made by smiths - men.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- Amulet— length 4.5 centimeters, Amulet— width 2.5 centimeters, and String— length 42 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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