Witch-stone, kidney shaped stone used as amuletic protection for cattle against witches
- Made:
- 1870-1930
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Witch-stone, kidney shaped stone used as amuletic protection for cattle against witches, from Loch Tay, Tayside, Scotland, 1870-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A152220
- Materials:
- stone
- Measurements:
-
length 55 mm
width 40 mm
depth 23 mm
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Haggart, P.
