Broken string of blue coloured spherical beads. Possibly used as a cure for colds. [SM 09/03/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Broken string of blue coloured spherical beads. Possibly used as a cure for colds. [SM 09/03/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England London Battersea
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 Pigment, Material String, Material Glass, Process Drawn, Process Wound, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions: Diameter 5 mm average
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.587 Other numbers: A 176878 AM C lot 211