Caul Charm

National Museum of Natural History

E395335-0

From card: "They believe that if this caul or amniotic sack of a child born with it, is kept that they will never drown. Cooper indicates this belief is from the European here."


  • Type of Item charm
  • Culture Montagnais, Fort George, Cree

  • Field Collector Rev. John M. Cooper
  • Received from Catholic University Of America

  • Made in Quebec
  • Collected in Quebec

  • Acquisition Date on July 6, 1956

  • Accession Number 211312