Cloth amulet to ward against bites and stings

Made:
1880-1930 in Palestine

Cloth amulet, covered in bluish grey cloth, with metal blade or tail at one end, against scorpion, serpent bites, used by Mohammedans, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665271
Materials:
wool and nail, blade, steel
Measurements:
overall: 17 mm x 121 mm x 28 mm, .012 kg
type:
protective amulets
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust