| Object Number | 29-96-228 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hebrew |
| Provenience | North Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather |
| Description | Length of twisted black leather doubled over with knot at one end and loop at other for fastening. 19 amulets attached with thin red & black leather twisted around corn to separate them. 17 amulets have black leather covering & are either rectangular, cylindrical or spherical in shape. Rectangular amulets have different incised designs on them. Two amulets are cloth covered, the cloth formerly white with blue striped cotton (?) All of the amulets are sewn around the corn & sewn at the base. The spherical amulet is half destroyed. |
| Length | 3.2 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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