Calcite bezoars

Made:
Unattributed and France

Calcite bezoars, about 100 small gold-coloured spheres, kept in a plastic capsule, found in the ventrical of a wild dog or goat, labelled

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642512
Materials:
capsule, plastic and bezoar, calcite
Measurements:
capsule: length 23 mm
capsule: diameter 7 mm
type:
bezoar