copper dragon amulet (female)

NameAmulet

CultureHmong

Dateearly 20th century

Place madeLao Cai Province, Vietnam, Southeast, Asia

Mediumcopper

Dimensions2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in. (6.5 × 4 × 0.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mark Rapoport, MD and Jane C. Hughes, A.2015.71.18

Object numberA.2015.71.18

DescriptionSmall amulet of a dragon-serpant figure cast from copper. The casting is not completely clean, there is copper spillover still conected to the piece.

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