DepartmentAsia

String of Evil Eye Beads

NameBeads

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1920

Place madeHebron, West Bank, Palestine Territory, Asia

MediumGlass beads, twine

DimensionsLength: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. O.R. Sellers, A.1973.21.2

Object numberA.1973.21.2

Collections

Palestinian Dress and Jewelry

DescriptionTwenty-four beads. Beads have blue base with orange and white circles and a black dot in the center. Used to ward off evil. Strung on brown twine.

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