- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Incense, wrapped in a folded piece of paper and bound with a piece of wire. [EH [OPS Move] 25/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Fish Skin, Material Resin Plant, Material Wood Plant
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 84 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2166 Other numbers: A 107745 R 40549 616
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1985.52.2692Amulet, textile scapular or ornament printed with the Sacred Heart and the instruments of the Passion, with a yellow textile loop for suspension. [ACA 21/08/2012]1985.52.2692
1985.54.2868Amulet. Palm leaf, which has been inscribed [not visible] and folded. Used as a cure for coughs in children. [ASh [OPS move] 27/11/2017]1985.54.2868
1985.50.1349Amulet writing stylus. A flat, narrow length of wood roughly carved to a point at both ends. [BA [OPS move] 28/11/2017]1985.50.1349
1985.53.297.2Paper charm. Piece of paper printed with Japanese characters in black ink in a circle like a clock face with three lines and a dial printed in the centre. The piece of paper is bound together with five others sheets with a plain band of paper - for sheets see [1985.53.297 .1] and [1985.53.297 .3 - .6] [MJD 18/03/2013]1985.53.297.2