- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, two white glass beads used to cure a pain in the head. The larger for older boys and girls, the smaller for very young children.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1929
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 8 mm Largest bead, Diameter: max 4 mm Smallest bead, Height: max 5 mm Largest bead, Height: max 6 mm Smallest bead
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.850 Other numbers: A 107842 R 36926 69
1985.54.850
Amulet, two white glass beads used to cure a pain in the head. The larger for older boys and girls, the smaller for very young children.
1985.54.850
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