- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; broken green pellet. [ASh [OPS move] 21/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, consisting of a broken green pellet, which is in multiple fragments. Charm to cure a pain in the head. For men and women only. [ASh [OPS move] 21/08/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Process Handbuilt
- Dimensions
- Depth 3 mm largest fragment, Width 5 mm largest fragment, Length 8 mm largest fragment
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.443 Other numbers: A 108303 R 36775 540
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