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Description: | Amulets (also known as 'gris-gris', 'assesrade', 'terewt', 'takarde') such as this are made of two parts - the amulet container, in this case made of leather, and the actual amulet, in this case probably a paper (or papers) with Koranic inscriptions and texts, or magical letters and numbers, prepared by a religious leader or marabout.
Two leather amulets on a brass ring. Incised decoration on the suspension loops.
caption: General view of object no. 1969.755a | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | protective charms Tuareg metal brass leather Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-49753 | Go to resource |
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