Metal amulet and ring

Metal amulet and ring
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Metal amulet and ring, with a large oval setting containing toadstone

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A641686

Materials:: metal and mineral

Measurements:: band: diameter 20 mm
setting: length 19 mm
setting: width 15 mm

type:: ring - jewelry

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Metal amulet and ring

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