Small flint nodule

Made:: 1900-1925

Small flint nodule, foot and ankle shaped
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Small flint nodule, foot and ankle shaped, worn as a charm against gout, probably English, 1900-1925

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A659126

Materials:: flint, nodule

Measurements:: length 72 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 16 mm

type:: protective amulets

credit:: Head, A.

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Small flint nodule

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