- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, white and yellow in colour. Used to cure nervousness and fainting after illness. [ASh [OPS move] 01/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 19 mm, Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 38 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1378 Other numbers: A 170138 R 30215 13616/1936
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