Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios The vivid red only returns

The vivid red only returns in this example as a ground colour on the outer border meaning that the rest of the ground is made up of apple green

Belouche pieces  are often directional or asymmetrical in design and are common-place prayer rugs

This is one of a pair

He married Elsie Thompson in 1903 and in 1904 he was appointed Assistant Military Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence and from 1906-1911 served as Secretary of the Colonial Defence Committee

Height: 13 inches

Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios The vivid red only returnsOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 2. 5 inches (with neck) Length: 4 inches The well preserved mummified head and neck with in tact teeth, having some remaining coloured hair. Condition is good, given age and fragility, though there is one medium sized hole to the top of the skull; the whole however remains in good stable order. According to mediaeval superstition, old shoes, bottles, and less