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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
- Materials:
- shell
- Measurements:
-
overall: 23 mm x 53 mm x 26 mm, .005 kg
- type:
- shells
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust