Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1880-1940
Strip of eel skin rolled up and tied with cotton, amulet against cramp and rheumatism, English, 1880-1940
1880-1930
Coil of eel skin strip, amuletic worn round finger to cure, ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Eel skin coiled to fit round finger to cure and ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Folded roll of eel skin, worn round finger to cure, ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Folded eel skin used to ward off and cure cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Neatly coiled length of eel skin worn round the finger to ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Folded roll of eel skin strip, worn round finger to cure and ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
1890-1930
Strip of eel skin, folded up into a roll and used as a cure for cramp, Cumberland, 1890-1930
Coiled yellow-coloured eel skin, worn round finger to cure and ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Coiled length of eel skin strip, worn round finger to ward off or cure cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Coiled length of eel skin, worn round finger, to cure or ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
1910-1911
Head of eel skin, amulet, length of skin folded, prepared by man at Brandon to tie round legs as cure for rheumatism, Suffolk, 1911
Eel skin amulet, rotten length of eel skin, worn to ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Strip of eel skin folded over several times, head cut off, worn to cure and ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Eel skin amulet, folded over three times, against cramp, probably English, 1880-1940
Coiled length of eel skin, worn round finger to ward off cramp, from Surrey or Sussex, English, 1880-1930
Eel skin amulet, to ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1940
Number of eel skins rolled together in cylindrical coil, amuletic, against cramp, probably English, 1880-1930
Eel skin, cure and ward off cramp, worn round finger, probably English, 1880-1930
