- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Glass bead amulet.
- Long description
- Amulet. Glass bead, white in colour and spherical with a chipped surface. Used for one who is angry or lazy. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 13 mm, Height: max 12 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2591 Other numbers: A 110635 675
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