- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Two cockspurs, joined together at the bases with red wax. Used as an amulet against cramp. [SM 12/05/2011]
- Geographical reference
- England London East End.
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- By 1916
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Claw, Material Resin Plant, Material Animal Part
- Dimensions
- Width: max 11 mm, Length: max 62 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.929 Other numbers: R 11304/ 1936 A 659994 R 87 AM C
1985.51.929
Two cockspurs, joined together at the bases with red wax. Used as an amulet against cramp. [SM 12/05/2011]
1985.51.929
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