Neatly coiled length of eel skin worn round the finger to ward off cramp

Made:
1880-1930
Neatly coiled length of eel skin worn round the finger to ward

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Neatly coiled length of eel skin worn round the finger to ward
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Neatly coiled length of eel skin worn round the finger to ward off cramp, probably English, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665584
Materials:
skin, eel
type:
eel skin