Amulet, "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: CLOTH STRIP, WITH SEVEN 5-MILEME EGYPTIAN COINS W. HOLE IN CENTER SEWN TO CLOTH W. WHITE THREAD. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR , THIS TYPE OF TALISMAN WAS WORN BY INFANTS AND CHILDREN AROUND THEIR WAISTS. TO WARD OFF EVIL. CICLE REPRESENTS COMPLETENESS OR PERFECTION & IS SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK "MILEME" CORN CONTAINS DOUBLE CIRCLES INTERPRETED AS DOUBLING THE LUCK.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378937
label: USNM Number
content: E424838-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 26 cm