- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; light grey stone. [ASh [OPS move] 21/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, consisting of a light grey stone. The stone is oval in shape. Used to cure an injured eye. [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
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 18 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 38 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.451 Other numbers: A 107486 R 38574 352
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