- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Martynia diandra seed with twisted/spiralling body and short stem at either end. Used as an amulet. [SM 09/06/2011]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Seed Capsule
- Dimensions
- Width: max 6 mm, Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.187 Other numbers: R 3720/ 1937 A 666025 lot 226
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