- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; brown/yellow stone. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; brown/yellow stone. The stone is roughly oval in shape with a pointed upper surface that is smooth. Used to cure a man who has pain in the limbs so that he cannot walk. [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
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 24 mm, Width: max 25 mm, Length: max 50 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.493 Other numbers: A 108344 R 36789 582
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