- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Glass bead, mauve in colour, cylindrical in shape and faceted. Used for palpitations. [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 9 mm, Length: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2593 Other numbers: A 110630 670
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