Talisman

29-236-86

From: Algeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-236-86
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Algeria
Locus Bedouin Camp
Date Made 1860-1899
Section African
Materials Cowrie Shell | Cloth
Description

Talisman with five cowries - arranged in floral pattern in center. Cloth attached on either side. Cowrie shells attached by green thread. From a Bedouin camp.

Length 10.9 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 86.S - Sommerville Number | CG98-1-58 - Found in Collection Number | 29-221-86 incorrect - Other Number

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