- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; brown triangular stone. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; brown triangular stone, with smooth polished surfaces. Used for a pain in the stomach by boys 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 8 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 24 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.506 Other numbers: A 107492 R 38379 358
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