Small triangular stone

SMG00167048

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Small triangular stone, buried on the spot where a child fell and hurt itself, to placate the earth beings, supposedly from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 1851-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665847
Materials:
stone
type:
therapeutic amulets
credit:
Blackman