Small triangular stone
- Made:
- 1851-1930
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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
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665847
- Materials:
- stone
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
- credit:
- Blackman
