charm; protective charm

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 7.188
Rear view of back of Horniman Museum object no 7.188
General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 7.188
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 7.188 Rear view of back of Horniman Museum object no 7.188 General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 7.188

White coloured flint, holed, with short length of leather tied through it. Used as a charm to protect horses from death.
label: [black card with white handwriting in capitals] Stone hung up in / a Gipsy van, as a / charm against death / of horses. Hampshire

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
7.188
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 57.15 mm; overall: 103 g; overall: 87 x 53 x 30 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
flint; leather
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Europe > England - charms
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