Pair of silver mounted studs

Made:
1880-1925
Pair of silver mounted studs, of opercula

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Pair of silver mounted studs, of opercula
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Pair of silver mounted studs, of opercula, worn by barren women for illness and as a means of securing a husband, provenance unknown, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665225
Materials:
silver and opercula
type:
stud
credit:
Quere