- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Yellow stone that is rectangular prism in shape. [MOBB [OPS move] 7/3/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Height: max 16 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 58 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.702 Other numbers: A 110549 590
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