Bright orange, plastic amulet in cheap metal mount, "tongue" shaped, rubbed on children' s gums to prevent toothache, from Suffolk, English, 1900-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A666112
- Measurements:
-
overall: 5 mm x 57 mm x 12 mm, .005 kg
- type:
- pendants
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
