Strip of eel skin

Made:
1890-1930
Strip of eel skin

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Strip of eel skin
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Strip of eel skin, folded up into a roll and used as a cure for cramp, Cumberland, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666076
Materials:
skin, eel
Measurements:
roll: width 51 mm
roll: height 36 mm
roll: thickness 12 mm
type:
eel skin

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