Head of eel skin

Made:
1910-1911
Head of eel skin Head of eel skin
Head of eel skin Head of eel skin

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Head of eel skin, amulet, length of skin folded, prepared by man at Brandon to tie round legs as cure for rheumatism, Suffolk, 1911

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665597
Materials:
skin, eel
Measurements:
folded: length 95 mm
overall bundle: width 47 mm
type:
eel skin

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