- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Cone shaped pellet. [ASh [OPS move] 30/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet. Cone shaped pellet, which is green in body with one red and one yellow stripe. Used by women only to counteract black magic. [ASh [OPS move] 30/08/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 23 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1338 Other numbers: A 108167 R 37011 400
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