Talisman
Pendant
29-236-66
From: Tunisia | Carthage
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-236-66 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Tunisia | Carthage |
Culture Area | North Africa |
Locus | Well near Carthage |
Date Made | 1860-1899 |
Section | African |
Materials | Metal | Cowrie Shell |
Description | Small, oval seashell pendant. Flat metal band wrapped vertically around middle of shell and bent into a loop at top. Flat metal band wrapped horizontally around middle and over vertical band at back. |
Height | 2.5 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Depth | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 66.S - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | 29-221-66 - Other Number |
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