- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of a bead made from mother of pearl, perforated in the centre. Used by boys as a charm against the evil eye. [ASh [OPS move] 07/11/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Mother of Pearl Shell, Material Bead, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 9 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 11 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2433 Other numbers: A 110587 627
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