- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; cowrie shell. [ASh [OPS move] 22/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet of a cowrie shell, which is mostly white with speckled brown spots and a purple/pink patch on the upper curved surface. Used for pain in the temples by boys 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 Cowrie Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 15 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.461 Other numbers: A 107717 R 38661 ?R 38651 588
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