- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pink, blue and white textile satchel, stitched closed, containing a substance, with a thread handle. [ACA 29/02/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, pink, blue and white textile satchel, stitched closed, containing a substance, with a thread handle. The satchel is said to contain a medicinal substance wrapped in verses of the Koran used to cure contagious diseases. [ACA 29/02/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Paul Maurice Pallary
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Height: max 36 mm, Width: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.253 Other numbers: 481 R 14277/ 1936
1985.52.253
Amulet, pink, blue and white textile satchel, stitched closed, containing a substance, with a thread handle. [ACA 29/02/2012]
1985.52.253
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