Stone, amuletic, quartzitic white with red markings to cure illness and loss of blood
- Made:
- 1870-1930
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Stone, amuletic, quartzitic white with red markings to cure illness and loss of blood, obtained from Sheikh Dandir, Menuf, Egyptian, 1870-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A659147
- Materials:
- stone (quartz)
- Measurements:
-
length 32 mm
width 20 mm
thickness 17 mm
- type:
- stones
- credit:
- Blackman
