- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Conch shell, cream in colour. [PR [OPS] 08/03/2017]
- 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
- Materials and processes
- Material Conch Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 39 mm, Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 70 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.790 Other numbers: A 109988 27
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