- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from two dark amber coloured glass beads, which have been strung onto red cotton thread. Used by girls to cure sore, inflamed eyes. [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 1929
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 8 mm, Height: max 6 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1499 Other numbers: A 107259 / 38424 116
1985.54.1499
Amulet, made from two dark amber coloured glass beads, which have been strung onto red cotton thread. Used by girls to cure sore, inflamed eyes. [ASh [OPS move] 04/09/2017]
1985.54.1499
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