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Snake Stone, said in the E. Indies to cure the bite of snakes

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 17, 1807

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 27

Notes:

A snake-stone, also known as a viper's stone, snake's pearl, black stone, serpent-stone, or nagamani, is an animal bone or stone used as folk medicine for snake bite in Africa, South America, India and Asia.