Silk amulet from Claude de la Columbiere's shroud

PART OF:
Packet, containing amulet from Claude de la Columbiere's shroud
Made:
1682-1900 in France

Amulet consisting of small piece of silk from shroud used to wrap bones of Claude de la Columbiere, De Mortillet collection.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665174/2
Materials:
silk
Measurements:
amulet (lying flat): 1 mm x 10 mm x 8 mm,
type:
amulet