- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Eleven cowrie shells strung together. Used as a charm against the evil eye [SB [OPS] 08/03/2017]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Cowrie Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm one shell, Width: max 11 mm one shell, Length: max 19 mm one shell
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.715 Other numbers: A 107865 R 37007 92
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