366 – Snake bone Necklace
- Physical description:
- Necklace of snake vertebrae with red and blue beads.
- Museum classification:
- Working Tools
- Size:
- c 1200 long
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'To the west country witch the snake is of importance for it has an important part to play both in spell making and in its spirit force form. So a necklace made from a snake's skeleton with the red and blue beads of life, red equals blood, blue equals air, confers upon the witch a degree of magical spiritual power. From the Cullompton area.'
Mentioned in Doreen Valiente's description of the exhibits at Cecil Williamson's 'House of Spells' at Polperro (Transcripts from Doreen Valiente's Diaries 1959-1966, in the museum library (133.43 VAL), pp.29-34).similar to plain snake bone necklace object 509
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Bone, glass
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'To the west country witch the snake is of importance for it has an important part to play both in spell making and in its spirit force form. So a necklace made from a snake's skeleton with the red and blue beads of life, red equals blood, blue equals air, confers upon the witch a degree of magical spiritual power. From the Cullompton area.'
Mentioned in Doreen Valiente's description of the exhibits at Cecil Williamson's 'House of Spells' at Polperro (Transcripts from Doreen Valiente's Diaries 1959-1966, in the museum library (133.43 VAL), pp.29-34).
similar to plain snake bone necklace object 509