Cord or string fibre necklet bound in thin black silk
- Made:
- 1880-1935
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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
- Measurements:
-
including tied ends: length 164 mm
width 92 mm
thickness 13 mm
- type:
- necklet
- credit:
- Bulleid, A.
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