amulet

Three silver amulet containers. Rectangular in shape with concave upper and lower sides. Decorated with geometrical repoussé motifs. Blue and white cotton band (teilalt) which is wrapped around a long piece of cardboard and onto which the three amulets are threaded.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2007.215
Date
before December 2005
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 78 mm x 1145 mm x 18 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal; textile; thread
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Africa > Tuareg - people of the void
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