Shark's tooth set in ball of limestone
- Made:
- 1851-1900
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Shark's tooth set in ball of limestone, probably a cramp stone amulet from Whitstable, used 1851-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A132415
- Materials:
- tooth, shark and cramp (lime)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 26 mm x 69 mm x 51 mm, .064 kg
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Lovett, E.R.
