On Saturday 13 August, the Gardens, Animal Walk, Butterfly House and UrbanCrazy Golf will be closed for DLT: Live From Lewisham. On Sunday 14 August, the Gardens will be closed until 10am.
Three horn-shaped charms, cornicello, pendants of good luck used to protect the wearer from the curse of the evil-eye. Made of shell pierced with thin metal loops for wear by men. First is white and dark brown, second is plain white, third is pearly white with engraved lines at top.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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