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Silver touchpiece, given to the sick in the ceremony of healing by touch, issued by Henry IX, Cardinal of York, 1788-1807
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A152325
- Materials:
- silver
- type:
- touchpieces
- credit:
- Glendining
