Amulet Chain
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Jun 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. James A. Hester
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Silver. Seven small horizontally rectangular flat boxes fastened into a chain by rings on upper corners. From bottom hang 5 ball-shaped bells on figure "8" wires. Boxes of this type are meant to contain a charm consisting of a quotation from the Koran [Qur'an]. It is said this was suspended over one shoulder by a chain (not present). Worn by women. Refer: Lane, Vol. 2, p. 319."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nubia, Sudan / Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 267817
label: USNM Number
content: E404696-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Chain