- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, red in colour, roughly rectangular in shape. For a child spitting blood. [AF [OPS move] 13/11/2017]
- 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 13 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2526 Other numbers: A 110611 651
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