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.
