Small, dried up potato used as an amulet for rheumatism

Made:
1910 in England

Amulet, small, dried up potato used as a cure for rheumatism, from London, English, 1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666108
Materials:
potato
Measurements:
overall: 14 mm x 41 mm x 30 mm, .013 kg
type:
amulet
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust