- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Vertebrae bone. [AB [OPS Move] 2/3/2017]
- 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 Bone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 29 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.348 Other numbers: A 107262 R 38643 119
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