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Ethnography and Folk Medicine
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Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
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amulet
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tortoiseshell
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Small tortoiseshell with protuding epidermic plates
1880-1920
Tortoiseshell with fringe of twisted leather thongs hanging from rim at back of carapace
1880-1910
Tortoiseshell amulet to promote sturdy growth in children
1880-1910
