Piece of polished quartz-like stone

Made:
1801-1900
Piece of polished quartz-like stone

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Piece of polished quartz-like stone
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Piece of polished quartz-like stone, one end chipped to a point as if for cutting with, possibly amuletic African (?) 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655953
Materials:
stone
type:
stones