- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, made from a stone. Brown and slightly translucent. Irregular in shape. [AF [OPS move] 09/11/2017]
- 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 12 mm, Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2475 Other numbers: A 107301? R 38600?
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