- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; shell. [ASh [OPS move] 08/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; shell. Conical in shape with a spiral running through the shape of the shell. Mouth of the shell is at the side. Used by a young woman as a charm to bring her a husband. [ASh [OPS move] 08/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 46 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1716 Other numbers: A 107787 R 36845 13
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