362 – Wand or staff with carved claw and ball
- Physical description:
- Long, slender wand of dark wood, with serpentine bends, and with a carved claw holding a ball at one end, and wax at other. Companion piece ridden with wood worm and broken, extracted for treatment (Box 81)
- Museum classification:
- Working Tools
- Size:
- c750 mm long
- Information:
Companion to 1402.
Text by Cecil Williamson: 'Witches do use wands. In the south west they are simple, practical things cut from the living wood. The witch uses them in much the same way as does the conductor of an orchestra. That is to conduct and orchestrate her magical operations, be they chantings, rhythmical movements or tappings.'This object was loaned to the British Library for The British Library ‘Harry Potter’ Exhibition [ London: October 2017- Feb 2018, New York: October 2018 – January 2019, Kobe: September 2021 - November 2021, Tokyo: December 2021 - March 2022 ]
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Wood, wax
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Companion to 1402.
Text by Cecil Williamson: 'Witches do use wands. In the south west they are simple, practical things cut from the living wood. The witch uses them in much the same way as does the conductor of an orchestra. That is to conduct and orchestrate her magical operations, be they chantings, rhythmical movements or tappings.'
This object was loaned to the British Library for The British Library ‘Harry Potter’ Exhibition [ London: October 2017- Feb 2018, New York: October 2018 – January 2019, Kobe: September 2021 - November 2021, Tokyo: December 2021 - March 2022 ]