- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; red stone. [ASh [OPS move] 22/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, of a red stone. The stone is roughly triangular in shape (from the side) with one end tapering downwards. The surface appears polished. Used to cure a pain in the side. [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
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 16 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.462 Other numbers: A 108292 R 37196 529
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