- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from slate with incised hatching on both surfaces. [ASh [OPS move] 04/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet, made from slate with incised hatching on both surfaces. The slate is flat with tapering edges and a shaped neck. Used to ensure good fortune in a man's work. [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 1928?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1928?
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Slate Stone, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 56 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1493 Other numbers: A 70223? A 702223? 30163? 30164? 230?
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