Amulet
- Museum number:
- 9-11396
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011396
- Alternate number:
- 447 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- amulet; silver; rectangular; repousse, on top with image of Hanuman; cavity probably contains a prayer; Length & Width 2.5 cm., depth approx. 1 cm.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Rajasthan, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Rajasthan
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- 1969-1970
- Materials:
- Silk, Silver (metal), and Synthetic
- Person depicted:
- Hanuman (Hindu deity)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Amulets
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- November 11, 1970
- Context of use:
- made by men.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- depth 1 centimeters, length 2.5 centimeters, and width 2.5 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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