Finger Ring

48-29-110

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 48-29-110
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt
Section African
Materials Brass
Description

Open at ends; end facated. Worn by Egyptian women on the middle finger to ward off the ginn of the Sudan.

Outside Diameter 2.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948

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