curative charm; protective charm

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 31.28
Rear view of back of Horniman Museum object no 31.28
General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 31.28
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 31.28 Rear view of back of Horniman Museum object no 31.28 General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 31.28

One stone and two flints threaded onto a leather strap, probably used as a swine-fever charm.
label: [black with white handwriting] holed flints that were / hung up in a pig-sty. / Probably to protect the / pigs from swine-fever. / Sedlescombe, Sussex. / PRESD. by Mr. F. Slade. 31.28

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
31.28
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 118 g; overall: 121 x 51 x 25 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
flint; leather; stone
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Europe > England - charms
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