Quantity of snail shells

Made:
1881-1920
Quantity of snail shells, once strung with red wool

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Quantity of snail shells, once strung with red wool
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Quantity of snail shells, once strung with red wool, amuletic necklace to protect against teething troubles, Lovett collection, from Jersey, Channel Islands, 1881-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665418
Materials:
shells, snail and wool
type:
necklace and amulet