M0016942: Three amulets against cramp

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Eelskin, amulet against cramp.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Hare's foot, amulet against cramp.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Cockspurs joined with sealing wax, amulet against cramp.

Photograph of three amulets against cramp. Above is an eelskin, on the left is a hare's foot and on the right are two cockspurs joined together with sealing wax. They were all part of the Lovett Collection purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933. They were given accession numbers A177108, R13318/1936 and R11304/1936 respectively.

1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: A177108, accession number R13318/1966 and accession number R11304/1946

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.