- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; buff coloured stone. [ASh [OPS move] 21/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet. Buff coloured stone, which is roughly rectangular in shape with one end tapering. Used as a cure for pain and swollen brows. [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
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 14 mm, Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 72 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.449 Other numbers: A 107245 R 36299 102
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