Small lead amuletic plaque representing St Matthew

Made:: 1801-1920 in France

Small lead amuletic plaque representing St Matthew
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Small lead amuletic plaque representing St Matthew, used in exorcism, purchased in France, 1801-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A665885

Materials:: lead

Measurements:: length 44 mm
width 17 mm

type:: plaquesamulets

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Small lead amuletic plaque representing St Matthew

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