Pieces of saffron kept in cardboard box with glass front

Made:
1890-1910 in England
Pieces of saffron kept in cardboard box with glass front

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Pieces of saffron kept in cardboard box with glass front
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Pieces of saffron kept in cardboard box with glass front, used as a charm to prevent conception, Oxfordshire, England, 1890-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666085
Materials:
wood, twig, saffron, base, wood and glass
type:
saffron
credit:
Simpson, M.W.H.