- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; two scarlet glass beads. Rectangular in shape and pierced longitudinally. Used as a charm by boys to protect against the evil eye. [ASh [OPS move] 05/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Pigment, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 6 mm one bead, Width: max 7 mm one bead, Length: max 8 mm one bead
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1560 Other numbers: A 107472 R 38486 338
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