Amuletic loadstone with scalloped metal mounts

Amuletic loadstone with scalloped metal mounts Amuletic loadstone with scalloped metal mounts

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Small loadstone with scalloped metal mounts, bound with string, with ring for suspending, amuletic, English, 1551-1700

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A212079
Materials:
iron, fibre, string and wax
Measurements:
loadstone: 35 mm x 16 mm x 13 mm, .014 kg
string: 105 mm
type:
lodestone
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust