DepartmentMiddle East
Khamsa with protective blue beads and powerful coral
NameAmulet
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureBedouin
Datec. 1900
Place madeHistoric Palestine, Middle East, Asia
MediumBlue glass beads, coral, twine
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection, From the John D. Whiting Palestinian Amulet Collection
Object numberFA.1981.48.16
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Alice B. Whiting
DescriptionBlue glass beads woven into a 3-dimensional hand with coral at fingertips, one coral missing upon entering collection. Worn on boy's foreheads to protext against evil eye (orginal vendor).
Artist not recorded
c. 1900
20th century
20th century
ca. 1900
ca. 1850-1899
ca. 1910
ca. 1950s
ca. 1950, staff