- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, of a dark grey stone. [ASh [OPS move] 30/08/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, of a dark grey stone. Roughly triangular in shape with a smooth surface. Used as a cure for bilharzia [parasitic worms]. [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
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 24 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1350 Other numbers: A 108083 R 36994 315
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