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Beads and Amulets against the Evil Eye
Patterned beads surround smaller pendants, including a hand, a scarab-like form and a square object bearing a face. Rings, stripes and concentric spots produce different rhythms across the gathered pieces. Elworthy numbers the group Figure 21 in The Evil Eye. The arrangement compares portable objects associated with protection without assigning one maker or one archaeological context to the entire collection.
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Illustrator not identified. "Beads and Amulets against the Evil Eye" [editorial title]. In The Evil Eye, Frederick Thomas Elworthy. London: John Murray, 1895; Wellcome Collection scan, 1895, J. Murray. Source scan leaf 155. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0049-0144
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Illustrator not identified. Beads and Amulets against the Evil Eye. The Evil Eye. Scan leaf 155. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0049-0144