Muslim Amulets
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Jun 1902
name: label: Donor Name
content: S S. Howland
notes: label: Notes
content: Accession record and Anthropology catalogue ledger book identify these as amulets. This was mistranscribed on catalogue card as "armlets."
label: Notes
content: From card: "Consisting of 10 leather blocks containing passages of Koran, stringed on cord. ... [Muslims] use as amulets either a small copy of the Koran, or certain portions of it, or some of the names of God, or the names of prophets and some saints. The writing is coverd with waxed cloth to protect it from accidental pollution and encased in metal, silk, or leather. The amulets are fastened on the arm, or leg, or suspended by means of a cord around the neck."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Syria, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arabian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 039535
label: USNM Number
content: E216155-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet