Packet for amulet from Claude de la Columbiere's shroud
1682-1900
Amulet consisting of small piece of silk from shroud used to wrap bones of Claude de la Columbiere, De Mortillet collection, in paper packet, French, 1682 to 1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665174
- Materials:
- silk and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
packet (lying flat): height = 3 mm x width = 58 mm x depth = 24 mm,
amulet (lying flat): height = 1 mm x width = 10 mm x depth = 8 mm,
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