- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from glass. [ASh [OPS move] 28/02/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet. Glass bead, large and oval in shape. Pierced longitudinally. Multicoloured and appears to be made of of numerous beads, which have then been moulded to create a larger bead. [ASh [OPS move] 28/2/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 17 mm, Length: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.291 Other numbers: A 108503 R 36706 746
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