Horse chestnut or "conker"

Made:
1900-1910
Horse chestnut or conker', charm against rheumatism

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Horse chestnut or conker', charm against rheumatism
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Horse chestnut or "conker", charm against rheumatism, collected at Ramsgate 1910, hence Kent, English, 1900-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132444
Materials:
horse chestnut
type:
protective amulets
credit:
Lovett, E.R.