- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; semi-transparent pink stone. [ASh [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; semi-transparent pink stone. Roughly square in shape with a curved edge. Uses for spots on the tongue. [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
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.511 Other numbers: A 107633 R 40414 504
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