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Description: | African Bean, Carried as an amulet by a Soldeir in the Royal West Surrey Regiment, 1916.
Castor oil seed
Soldier's African bean amulet, consisting of dark brown bean (acorn-shaped), threaded through with what could be a piece of a wide shoelace.
label: [black board with white writing - faded writing] Large seed (from / Africa) carried by / a solider of the / Royal West Surreys. / 1916.
label: [black card with paper stuck to it with typed black writing] African bean, / carried as an / amulet by a / soldier in / the Royal West / Surrey Regiment, / 1916. / 19.103
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 19.103i
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 19.103i | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | cotton charms seed First World War amulets Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-104537 | Go to resource |
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