- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, small pale yellow pellet, one of a pair. For the other pellet see [1985.54.424 .2] [SB [OPS] 06/03/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 8 mm, Length: max 10 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.424.1 Other numbers: A 107240 R 38530 96
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