Shark's tooth embedded in spherical nodule of possibly Suffolk Crag stone, used probably to cure cramp, from Whitstable, English, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A132412
- Materials:
- tooth, shark and nodule, suffolk crag ?
- Measurements:
-
overall: 29 mm x 40 mm x 32 mm, .038 kg
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
- credit:
- Lovett, E.R.
