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Group of various amulets, used to prevent/cure various diseases & ailments and bring good fortune. In the centre is a
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Buckskin amulet, in the form of a tortoise, likely to contain umbilical cord, decorated with bead-work, Sioux, U.S.A
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Science Museum: Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
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- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Object Number:
- A190725
- Materials:
- complete, glass, human remains, leather
- type:
- amulet
- taxonomy:
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- credit:
- Glendining
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