- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, plant fibre. Used to relieve pain in the chest caused by a severe cold. [ASh [OPS move] 06/11/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1929
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Process Dried
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2394 Other numbers: A 107058 R 37340 60
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