- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, consists of a piece of iron metal which is coiled into a spiral. The end of the spiral extends outwards and bends back on itself. [SB [OPS Move] 15/09/2017]
- 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 Iron Metal
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 39 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1923 Other numbers: R 30016 A 665291 A 70263
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