Clay pellets to bring on birth

Made:: 1851-1920

Two clay(?) pellets, for retarded birth

Two clay(?) pellets, for retarded birth
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Two clay(?) pellets, to bring on birth, pellet dissolved in water, which the mother drinks, Egyptian, 1851-1920

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A665232

Materials:: clay, ? material

Measurements:: max.: height 12 mm
min.: height 6 mm
max.: length 17 mm
min.: length 13 mm
max.: width 17 mm
min.: width 7 mm

type:: therapeutic amulets

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