Shark's tooth embedded in stone

Made:
1880-1930 in England

Shark's tooth embedded in spherical nodule of possibly Suffolk Crag stone, used probably to cure cramp, from Whitstable, English, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132412
Materials:
tooth, shark and nodule, suffolk crag ?
Measurements:
overall: 29 mm x 40 mm x 32 mm, .038 kg
type:
therapeutic amulets
credit:
Lovett, E.R.