protective charm; curative charm

Nosebleeding charm, orange-brown flint, faint resemblance to nose with one nostril, threaded through with length of twisted twine.
label: [old Horniman display, white writing on black card] Holed flint, carried / as a charm against / bleeding at the nose / Bedfordshire / 7.197

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
7.197
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 44 g; flint: 26 x 65 x 27 mm; overall: 97 x 26 x 27 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
flint; plant fibre; twined
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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