2 small hand-shaped orchis roots

Made:
1850-1920
2 small hand-shaped orchis roots, in glass and card box

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2 small hand-shaped orchis roots, in glass and card box
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2 small hand-shaped orchis roots, in glass and card box, carried in purse to ensure always having money, Lovett collection, from Hamburg German, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132514
Materials:
root
Measurements:
root, max: length 14 mm
root, max: width 17 mm
box: length 50 mm
box: width 84 mm
box: depth 27 mm
type:
roots
credit:
Lovett, E.R.

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