- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Spherical pale blue coloured bead. Used as a charm against the evil eye which has caused a young girl to cry. [ASh [OPS move] 04/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 13 mm, Length: max 13 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1476 Other numbers: A 170027 R 13778 / 1936 27
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