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Amulet

Amulet, sheet silver, cotton Rectangular container. The front decorated with round metal parts embossed in anchors; opens on the left side with an overlapping lid. Lid and opposite side part decorated with embossed pattern. On the reverse side, matching in mirror image, with four eyelets decorated with metal discs on the upper edge. A pink cord decorated with angular metal beads is threaded through them. For storing a paper with a sura of the Koran.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Amulet
Dimensions
Weight: 41,4 g
Height: 15 cm
Width: 5,5 cm
Depth: 1,1 cm
Material/Technique
silver, Cotton, Silk
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I B 12043

Provenance and sources

where
Pakistan [Land/Region]
Swat [Provinz]
Bahrain
who
Jörg Drechsel - Collectors

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