- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; grey stone. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; grey stone. Roughly oval in shape with flat upper and lower surfaces. Used for a thief, by men only. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 26 mm, Width: max 34 mm, Length: max 47 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.492 Other numbers: A 107489 R 38577 355
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