Head of eel skin

Made:
1910-1911
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Front image (A665597)Head of eel skin, amulet
Science Museum Group Collection
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Front image (A665597)Head of eel skin, amulet
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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
type:
eel skin