HISTORY MUSEUM OF ARMENIA

Charmer

The charmer is crescent-shaped, with a rectangular hanger, edged with small triangles. In the centre are single eight-pointed rosettes in two circles. On the hanger, there is a quadrangle divided into four small triangles by diagonals.  Such charmers were hung on the neck of a bull or the doors of a house to keep the evil spirits away.

 

Collection : Archaeological collection

Exposition : Armenian Applied Art 15th – 17th cc.

Period : Contemporary Era

Era : early of the 20th century

Location : Gegharkunik

Place : village of Eranos

Material : Wood

Inventar # : 4379