3-armed arrow-shaped elder twig

Made:
1880-1920
3-armed arrow-shaped elder twig

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3-armed arrow-shaped elder twig
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3-armed arrow-shaped elder twig, tied to fish baskets to prevent fish being "bewitched", Lovett collection, from Jersey, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132441
Materials:
wood
type:
amulet
credit:
Lovett, E.R.