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Silver pear shaped pendant with silver square rupee, Middle
The practice of carrying amulets or charms to bring good luck or good health through protection against disease has an extremely long history. Both the pear-shaped pendant and rupee are engraved with writings from the Qu’ran, the holy book of Islam. The pendant was carried to prevent headaches. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Middle East
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- pendant
- amulet
- Pendant
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- pendant
- amulet
- Pendant
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0057456
Identifier
- L0057456
- Science Museum A111473
- phtaw59z
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:32:03.804Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:32:03.804Z