Rectangular stitched blue silk bag said to contain amnion and umbilical cord on braided cotton cord

Made:: 1850-1920 in Russia

Rectangular stitched blue silk bag said to contain amnion and umbilical cord on braided cotton cord, worn by child to bring happiness, Kazan, Russia, 1850-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A666160

Materials:: silk and cotton

Measurements:: braid doubled: length 312 mm
bag: width 42 mm
bag: depth 14 mm

type:: amulet case

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Rectangular stitched blue silk bag said to contain amnion and umbilical cord on braided cotton cord

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