M0019739 and M0019740: Two amuletic and remedial finger rings, Sudan

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Amuletic and remedial finger ring.

Photograph of two amuletic and remedical rings. One is set with turquois and would be placed looked at in the morning to bring good luck. It could also be placed in in hot water, which would be drunk to relieve urinary retention. Also looked at in the morning to bring good luck. The other ring comprises a green stone set in silver. Both items were originally from Kordofan, Sudan and were presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Captain R. G. Anderson and accessioned in 1940 (accession numbers R2600/1940 and R2601/1940).

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R2600/1940 and R2601/1940

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.