- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Section of bone or ivory, cylindrical.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Bone, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height: max 9 mm, Width: max 8 mm, Length: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1322 Other numbers: A 108171 R 37075 404
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