Dried frog in red silk bag

Dried frog in red silk bag, damaged, red ribbon draw cord

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Dried frog in red silk bag, damaged, red ribbon draw cord
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Dried frog in red silk bag, damaged, red ribbon draw cord, cure for fits worn round neck, collected from Ottery Saint Mary, South Devon 1910 hence English, 1900-1910

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132519
Materials:
frog, dried and bag, silk
Measurements:
length 80 mm
width 50 mm
thickness 30 mm
draw cord: length 170 mm
type:
therapeutic amulets
credit:
Lovett, E.R.