Oval disc-shaped pebble

Oval disc-shaped pebble

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Oval disc-shaped pebble
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Oval disc-shaped pebble, flint with two natural eye-like perforations, possesses rare medical properties, English, 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665277
Materials:
flint, pebble
Measurements:
length 35 mm
width 31 mm
thickness 16 mm
type:
pebbles