Circular flint pebble

Made:: 1880-1920

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Circular flint pebble, water-worn hole for suspension
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Circular flint pebble, water-worn hole for suspension, tied round neck of cattle to ward off Evil Spirits, from Hertforshire, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A665287

Materials:: flint

type:: pebbles

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Circular flint pebble

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