M0019730: Amuletic wristlet made of horse hair with a cold opaque stone, Sudan

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Amuletic wristlet (2) strands of horse hair with cold opaque stone.

Photograph of a cold, opaque stone threaded onto strands of horse hair which would be worn around the wrist to protect against horse-sickness. Originally from Kordofan, Sudan and presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Captain Gayer Anderson, R.A.M.C. It was accessioned in 1936 (accession number R6936/1936)

November 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R6936/1936

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.