- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Paeonia seed, used as an amulet against the evil eye, epilepsy, cramps and sudden indisposition. [SM 28/01/2011]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- English
- 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
- Dimensions
- Width: max 5 mm approx, Length: max 7 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.214 Other numbers: BOT 132458 AM
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