- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, grey stone. The stone is flat and oval in shape. Used by men to cure swelling and tumours on the face. [SB [OPS Move] 01/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1930
- Date collected
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 43 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1468 Other numbers: A 107460 / 38464 326
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