Ash twigs kept in silk bag worn round the neck by children to cure fits

Made:
1880-1910
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Ash twigs kept in silk bag worn round the neck by children to cure fits, from South Devon, 1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132479
Materials:
wood, twig and ash and bag, silk
type:
twigs
credit:
Lovett, E.R.