




Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral, rare, carried to promote good health by a Billingsgate fish porter, London, England, 1850-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A666095
- type:
- shells folk medicine (general) and amulets, folk medicine (general) and shells
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust