- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, brown/grey in colour. Oval in shape, rounded at one end, tapers at the other. [AF [OPS Move] 6/3/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 11 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.258 Other numbers: A 108392 R 36744 633
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