- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a stone knife blade with carved human figure in profile, and one perforation for suspension. [EH [OPS move] 1/11/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Jadeite Stone, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 20 mm, Depth: max 3 mm, Length: max 84 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.45
Search terms: Religion, Tool, Figure, Ornament, Weapon, Amulet, Knife, Pendant
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