312 – Hoof cups
- Physical description:
- 4 small cups or dippers made from animal hooves.
- Museum classification:
- Working Tools
- Size:
- 125mm x 50mm x 75mm
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'Pre-historic man used these as cups and dippers for liquids and as storage pots for his pigments and greases. Witches in the south west will only use nature-made objects as tools and containers when preparing and compounding their lotions, potions and medicinal mixes. These are a set of hoof cups from Tiverton, once the pride and joy of Old May, 1932.'
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Organic (hoof)
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'Pre-historic man used these as cups and dippers for liquids and as storage pots for his pigments and greases. Witches in the south west will only use nature-made objects as tools and containers when preparing and compounding their lotions, potions and medicinal mixes. These are a set of hoof cups from Tiverton, once the pride and joy of Old May, 1932.'