- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, spiral-type univalve shell, very worn and perforated. For severe pain in the lower half of the back. [JC [OPS] 09/03/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 18 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 50 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.812 Other numbers: A 170020 R 13738 20 13738/ 1936
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