Piece of flint stone

Made:
1851-1900
Piece of flint stone

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Piece of flint stone
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Piece of flint stone, amulet to stop trembling in women's knees during confinement, from Asyut, Egyptian, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665230
Materials:
flint
type:
therapeutic amulets