- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; shell, cream in colour with nodules on the outer surface. Used to cure burns on the top of the head caused by cauterising with hot nails. [SB [OPS Move] 08/09/2017]
- 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 Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 22 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 32 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1757 Other numbers: A 108120 R 36735 352
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