- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; blue glass bead, broken. [ASh [OPS move] 05/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; blue glass bead, broken. Was oval in shape and is pierced longitudinally. Strung onto pink cotton thread. Used to cure madness. [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
- Depth: max 14 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 17 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1592 Other numbers: A 70141 R 30316 ? 99
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