Protective amulet

Made:
1881-1925
Protective amulet, elf-stone, with letter describing use

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Protective amulet, elf-stone, with letter describing use
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Protective amulet, elf-stone, with letter describing use, from Ballymena, Ireland, 1881-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132446
Materials:
stone, string and letter, paper
Measurements:
diameter 43 mm
thickness 25 mm
letter folded: length 133 mm
letter, folded: width 73 mm
type:
protective amulets
credit:
Lovett, E.R.

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