Amuletic pebble

Made:
1870-1932
Amuletic pebble, tooth-shaped, to cure toothache

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Amuletic pebble, tooth-shaped, to cure toothache
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Amuletic pebble, tooth-shaped, to cure toothache, obtained from Arabs in desert near Abassich, Cairo, purchased in Cairo, 1933, used probably, 1870-1932

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665852
Materials:
pebble
type:
therapeutic amulets