- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, pale green in colour. The stone is ovoid in shape and very flat. Used to cure pain in the temples. [ASh [OPS move] 24/10/2017]
- 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 7 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 61 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2111 Other numbers: A 107389 R 38471 254
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