Holed stone threaded on string either for suspension inside a door to avert sickness from Holy Island

Made:
1880-1916
Holed stone threaded on string either for suspension inside a

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Holed stone threaded on string either for suspension inside a door to avert sickness from Holy Island, or hung up in cottage as charm against witches, Yorkshire, however English, 1880-1916

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665288
Materials:
stone and sling, string
Measurements:
with string doubled: length 100 mm
stone: length 34 mm
width 25 mm
thickness 19 mm
type:
stone
credit:
Lovett collection