- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Small black stone with polished surface. [EH [OPS Move] 24/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 8 mm, Length: max 16 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2146 Other numbers: A 70502 R 30157 318
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