Amulet

Description

Personal amulet worn around the neck by Muslims, consisting of three hanging packets on a cord of twisted leather, each containing written passages from the Qur'an, one square packet is covered with woven palm fibre in geometric pattern and on either side are two smaller rectangular leather-bound packets: Africa, West Africa

Museum reference

A.1931.93

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Amulet, Neck ornament

Production information

Unknown
Western Africa

Materials

Leather, Palm fibre, Leather, Paper

Physical description

Leather-bound packets containing written messages from the Koran, on a twisted leather suspensory cord

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life