Almost lifesize carved wooden sorceress

Made:
1900-1950 in France
maker:
Unknown
Almost lifesize carved wooden sorceress

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Almost lifesize carved wooden sorceress, almost naked, preparing potion of toad, lizard, beetle, mouse, snail, French, early 20th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A631442
Materials:
whole, lime, (?) and label, brass
Measurements:
height 1130 mm
length 880 mm
type:
statues