Strip of eel skin folded over several times

Made:
1880-1930

Strip of eel skin folded over several times, head cut off, worn to cure and ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665596
Materials:
skin, eel
type:
eel skin