Talisman, "Higgab"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1965 to 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: Triangular blue plastic cushion, stuffed and sewn together with thread. Decorated with strung beads in 5 colors on all edges, elaborate beadwork on the bottom, 12 bead streamers with metal discs at their ends. Plastic star shapes sewn into the center of the cushion. Presumably contains written verses from Quaran. Commonly hung in taxicabs or on transport animals to ward off evil. Given to collector in Cairo.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
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: E424828-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Talisman
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 18 cm
label: Width
content: 8 cm