Fossilized shard tooth partly embedded in phosphat

Made:
1880-1930 in England

Fossilized shard tooth partly embedded in phosphatic concretion or rock prehistoric (?), from Red Crag, Suffolk, utilized as an amulet against cramp, England, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A177250
Materials:
shark, tooth and rock
type:
fossil and tooth
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)