Cord or string fibre necklet bound in thin black silk

Made:
1880-1935
Cord or string fibre necklet bound in thin black silk

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Cord or string fibre necklet bound in thin black silk
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Cord or string fibre necklet bound in thin black silk, worn as a cure for blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids), from Somerset, English, 1880-1935

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666066
Materials:
fibre and silk, covering
type:
necklet
credit:
Bulleid, A.