Small piece of bone

Made:
1850-1900
Small piece of bone, generally triangular-shaped

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Small piece of bone, generally triangular-shaped
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Small piece of bone, generally triangular-shaped, carried by a gardener of Ealing, 1912, reputedly very old, English, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132508
Materials:
bone
type:
therapeutic amulets
credit:
Lovett, E.R.