Shark's tooth embedded in phosphatic nodule
- Made:
- 1880-1930
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Shark's tooth embedded in phosphatic nodule, traces of marine scale on tooth and stone, probably a cramp stone, European, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A132414
- Materials:
- tooth, shark and stone
- Measurements:
-
stone: length 36 mm
stone: width 21 mm
tooth: length 20 mm
tooth: width 17 mm
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Lovett, E.R.
