- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; white stone, globular in shape. For a young boy who cannot pass water. [SB [OPS Move] 30/08/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 14 mm, Width: max 16 mm, Length: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1250 Other numbers: A 110421 462
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