- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bulb and stem of garlic, used as a house amulet. [El.B 18/11/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- by 1916
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant
- Dimensions
- Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 230 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.650 Other numbers: R 13033/ 1936
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