- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from a conch shell. Has two perforations and is cream in colour with brown patches. Used to relieve painful breasts. [SB [OPS Move Project] 14/03/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1928
- Date collected
- 1928
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 50 mm, Width: max 58 mm, Length: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1448 Other numbers: A 70403 / 29952 104
1985.54.1448
Amulet, made from a conch shell. Has two perforations and is cream in colour with brown patches. Used to relieve painful breasts. [SB [OPS Move Project] 14/03/2017]
1985.54.1448
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