Pair of silver mounted studs
- Made:
- 1880-1925
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LicensePair of silver mounted studs, of opercula
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Pair of silver mounted studs, of opercula, worn by barren women for illness and as a means of securing a husband, provenance unknown, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665225
- Measurements:
-
height 12 mm
diameter 11 mm
box: height 25 mm
box: length 82 mm
box: width 49 mm
- type:
- stud
- credit:
- Quere
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