Fossilised shark's tooth
- Made:
- 1800-1900
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Fossilised shark's tooth, perforated at top and tied with string, carried as cure for toothache by workman of Antwerp, 1909, provenance unknown, 1800-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A132449
- Measurements:
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overall: 15 mm x 70 mm x 49 mm, .041 kg
- type:
- therapeutic amulets
- credit:
- Lovett, E.R.
