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Brown stone amulet, cure for black skin disease, "havana soda", caused by the "evil eye" cast on a young child, Sudanese, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665829
- Materials:
- stone
- Measurements:
-
length 36 mm
width 26 mm
thickness 15 mm
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
- credit:
- Blackman
