- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; brown stone which has been polished. The stone is curved in shape towards two rounded points. Used as a love charm. [SB [OPS move] 23/08/2017]
- Geographical reference
- 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 17 mm, Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 54 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.532 Other numbers: A 107761 R 38683 632
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