- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, grey in colour, with a lighter striped band near to the tip. Flat surfaces. Used for pain in any part of the body. [ASh [OPS move] 23/10/2017]
- 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 Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 31 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2101 Other numbers: A 107931 R 36936
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