- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; faceted red glass bead. [ASh [OPS move] 05/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; faceted red glass bead. Roughly spherical in shape with a central perforation. Used to cure the ill effects of taking opium. [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
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Glass, Material Bead, Process Faceted, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 10 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1576 Other numbers: A 108541 R 37470 508
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