Amulet "maska"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: August, 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: EGG-SHAPED, FLAT PIECE OF SILVER, ORNAMENTAL BAND AND ARABIC WRITING ON BOTH SIDES, 6 SILVER BEADS ATTACHED AS BANGLES. PRESENTED TO COLLECTOR AS GIFT BY NATIVE EGYPTIAN. USED TO WARD OFF EVIL. PRAYER FROM QURAN. MOVEMENT OF BEADS WHEN WORN BELIEVED TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian
label: Culture
content: Arabic-Islamic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378937
label: USNM Number
content: E424844-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 7 cm