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LicenseAmuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amuletic skull cap with printed pictures of religious nature, used to cure convulsions in child, from Tyrol, Austrian, 1860-1920
Placed on the head of a child, this linen skull cap was believed to cure convulsions caused, perhaps, by epilepsy. The printed illustrations show Mary and Jesus being visited by the Magi (Three Wise Men), St Valentine in a glass tomb and a monk praying.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665699
- Materials:
- linen
- Measurements:
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overall: 140 mm 290 mm, .012 kg
- type:
- skull cap
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
