- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Grey stone, roughly oval in shape with smooth edges. Used to cure inflamed and sore eyes. [ASh [OPS move] 30/10/2017]
- 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 8 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 24 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2237 Other numbers: A 70363 R 30205 265
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