Quartz pebble
- Made:
- Scotland
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Quartz pebble, dropped into the water after making a wish, from Mungo's Well, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scottish, found in 1931.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A138029
- Materials:
- quartz
- Measurements:
-
overall: 39 mm x 71 mm x 34 mm, .143 kg
- type:
- votive offering
- credit:
- Horton, H.
