Fossil snail or operculum worn as an amulet against snakebites
- Made:
- 1880-1920
Fossil snail or operculum worn as an amulet against snakebite and applied to wound as a cure, Sudanese, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651162
- Materials:
- operculum
- type:
- protective amulets
- credit:
- Saint, Capt. P