- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; disc shaped semi-transparent yellow stone. Worn by a women who has just given birth to protect her from ill effects of a broken taboo. [SB [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
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 16 mm, Height: max 5 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1602 Other numbers: A 108500 R 36720 ? 743
1985.54.1602
Amulet; disc shaped semi-transparent yellow stone. Worn by a women who has just given birth to protect her from ill effects of a broken taboo. [SB [OPS Move] 05/09/2017]
1985.54.1602
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