- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, light brown in colour, with pink and yellow patches. Roughly trapezium in shape. [AF [OPS Move] 16/11/2017]
- 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 15 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 31 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2608 Other numbers: A 110182 222
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