Small piece of soapstone mounted on a rectangular display board with explanatory label
- Made:
- Unattributed
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Small piece of soapstone mounted on a rectangular display board with explanatory label, used as a remedy for various ailments when mixed into a paste, found near hat springs, Swaziland
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651698
- Materials:
- soapstone, display board, cardboard and display board, paper
- Measurements:
-
max: height 205 mm
across longest length: diameter 28 mm
display board: length 140 mm
display board: width 118 mm
- type:
- soapstones
- credit:
- Pijper, C.
