4223 Box of Charms

Physical description:

A small box, an elongated oval in shape, made of a light brown substance, probably horn, with a wooden base, tiny round-headed nails around the bottom edge, a cross carved out of bone (?) fixed to one side, and a lid with a small skull carved from bone (?) as a knob. The box contains eighteen small charms: a wishbone; a crucifix; a sacred heart medallion; a Christ medallion; four nails (one bent into a loop); a very ornate silver key; three bones, probably vertebrae (from a snake?); a long thin bone; a tiny round bone; a skull similar to the one on the lid; an elongated silver skull; a skull carved from dark wood; an eliptical bead made from horn or wood.

Museum classification:

Protection and Good Luck

Size:

60 x 20 x 85

Information:

A collection of charms from Belgium which were collected and used by a woman called Eugénie Évrard at the turn of the century.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Horn, wood, bone, metal

Copyright ownership:

MWM

A collection of charms from Belgium which were collected and used by a woman called Eugénie Évrard at the turn of the century.