- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Glass bead. Yellow in colour. Ovoid in shape and faceted, the bead is perforated through the middle. [AB [OPS Move] 1/3/2017]
- 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 Glass, Process Faceted, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.310 Other numbers: A 108401 ? 108461? R 37460 643
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