- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; three glass beads, two yellow and one white. Worn during pregnancy to prevent miscarriage. [SB [OPS Move] 06/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Pigment, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 11 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 44 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1623 Other numbers: A 107525 R 38606 ? 392
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