- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; blue glass spherical bead. [ASh [OPS move] 05/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; blue glass spherical bead with a hole through the centre. Used to counteract the breaking of a taboo after giving birth. [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 Glass, Material Bead, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 15 mm, Length: max 12 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1585 Other numbers: A 70313 R 30272 ? 72
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