Packet, containing amulet from Claude de la Columbiere's shroud

Made:
1682-1900 in France

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:
incomplete, 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,
type:
packet and amulet