- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small ball of ?calcium called a "codfish eye", used as a charm by fishermen. [SM 16/02/2011]
- Geographical reference
- England North Yorkshire Scarborough
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- 1911
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Mineral
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 11 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.364 Other numbers: R 12628/ 1936 A 132513 AM
1985.51.364
Small ball of ?calcium called a "codfish eye", used as a charm by fishermen. [SM 16/02/2011]
1985.51.364
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