Piece of cotton rag wrapped round a conifer twig a votive offering hung at St. Kieran's Well
- Made:
- 1900-1930
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Piece of cotton rag wrapped round a conifer twig a votive offering hung at St. Kieran's Well, Clareen, Offaly, Ireland, Irish, 1900-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A95426
- Materials:
- cotton
- Measurements:
-
twig: length 260 mm
twig: width 60 mm
rag: length 140 mm
- type:
- votive offerings
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