Europeana Fashion — National Museum of World Cultures Foundation
Leather necklace with five amulets
Unknown artist
The necklace consists of ten twisted straps.These end in a loop at one end.On the other end, a strap is wrapped around them.There are two aluminum rings attached to the ends of the cord.\Five amulets hang from the necklace.These cubes are held together with braided rings.The cubes consist of folded strips of black leather.There are motifs scratched into them.The amulet probably contains Koranic texts. \Or the beak of a marabou bird. \Or the hair of a hyena. \Or it contains the tail of an elephant.
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