- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, henna, in the form of a sand-coloured powder. It is kept in a rectangular glass bottle with a metal lid. [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
- 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant
- Dimensions
- Height: max 72 mm glass bottle, Depth: max 14 mm glass bottle, Width: max 54 mm glass bottle
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.816 Other numbers: A 110713 723
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