Horseshoe covered with red and blue squared fabric. Hung up over a bed to keep away nightmares. [SM 15/06/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Horseshoe covered with red and blue squared fabric. Hung up over a bed to keep away nightmares. [SM 15/06/2011]
Long description: Horseshoe covered with red and blue squared fabric. Hung up over a bed to keep away nightmares. With a black plaited ?silk cord loop stitched behind the toe clip at the rounded end of the shoe. [SM 15/06/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England North London
Cultural groups: English
Person: Field collector Edward Lovett; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Covered
Dimensions: Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 93 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.163 Other numbers: R 10999/ 1936 R 9389