- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of a lion's tooth. [ASh [OPS move] 22/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet of a lion's tooth. The tooth appears to be molar like with the roots still attached but both tips broken. Used for pain in the body by men only. [ASh [OPS move] 22/08/2017]
- 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 Animal Tooth
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 31 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.460 Other numbers: A 107468 R 38482 334
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