Gold(?) ring, with inside banded in zinc and coppe

Made:
1871-1920

Gold(?) ring, with inside banded in zinc and copper, amulet protecting against rheumatism, Lovett collection, from Norfolk, English, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665432
Materials:
copper, zinc and gold, ? material
Measurements:
diameter 23 mm
width 7 mm
type:
ring

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