Coloured glass bead necklace

Made:
1880-1920 in Egypt

Coloured glass bead necklace, blue for conception, red for impotent men, yellow for pain in the ear and clear against too much milk, Egyptian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665231
Materials:
bead and string
Measurements:
overall: 5 mm x 125 mm 84 mm, .008 kg
type:
therapeutic necklaces
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust