- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; black stone. [ASh [OPS move] 05/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; black stone, with an unusual ridged surface. Used to bring blessings. [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
- 1928
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 13 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1582 Other numbers: A 70432 R 30204 ? 111
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