- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; twenty-eight seeds used as fish bait. The seeds are roughly spherical in shape and are dark brown in colour. [SB [OPS Move] 11/09/2017]
- 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 Plant Seed
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 9 mm one seed, Width: max 10 mm one seed, Length: max 12 mm one seed
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1787 Other numbers: A 138597
Search terms: Religion, Fishing, Amulet, Fishing Accessory
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