- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from two small pieces of frankincense. Used as a charm to protect against the evil eye. [CW [OPS Move Project] 13/02/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1930
- Date collected
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Resin Plant
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm Largest piece, Width: max 12 mm Largest piece, Length: max 18 mm Largest piece
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1417 Other numbers: A 107608 / 38727 478
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