- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; semitransparent white stone. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; semitransparent white stone. The stone is shaped like a kidney bean with a smoothed surface. Used as a cure for 'harara' in the ear. [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 19 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.495 Other numbers: A 108313 R 37231 550
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