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DepartmentMiddle East

Amulet

NameAmulet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1920, vendor

Place madeHistoric Palestine, Middle East/West Asia, Asia

Mediummetal

Dimensionsoverall: 5 CM DIA.

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1981.48.84

Collections

Palestinian Dress and Jewelry

DescriptionCut, bent, soldered, incised. Circle with scalloped edge. 6 lines of Arabic inscriptions on each side. Ring for hanging.Bought in Jerusalem in 1922

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