- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; grey stone. [ASh [OPS move] 22/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; grey stone. The surface has been smoothed. Used for swellings on the cheek. [ASh [OPS move] 22/08/2017]
- 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 Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.486 Other numbers: A 107397 R 38636 262
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