charm
- Museum number
- Af1989,01.1
- Description
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Register 1989
A model of a fish made out of plastic sheeting and tin foil biscuit wrappers, the latter being folded and layered in such a way as to imitate the scales and fins of the fish.
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Length: 36 centimetres (Given in register)
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Width: 20 centimetres
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Depth: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1989
A model of a fish made out of plastic sheeting and tin foil biscuit wrappers, the latter being folded and layered in such a way as to imitate the scales and fins of the fish.
Aswan town, Egypt.
An amuletic charm. The fish symbol is believed to attract prosperity (DP).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1991, BM Room 91, Collecting in the 20th Century
2009 1 May-2011 Jan, BM, Gallery 2, 'Continuity and Change: cultural dynamism in the modern world'
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Acquisition notes
- Given by Delia Pemberton and recorded as "An amuletic fish charm made of plastic sheeting and tinfoil biscuit wrappers. The object was collected by the donor in Aswan, Egypt in February 1989".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1989,01.1
