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Amulet from Burmese tomb

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Object Number: E1936

Collection: Ethnography

This amulet, taken from a Burmese tomb, is made of the bright blue precious stone lapis lazuli. British ethnographers were very interested in the use of amulets and their meanings, as well as in funeral rituals, particularly those of Buddhist monks.