- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Stone, black in colour with a polished, pitted surface. Roughly triangular in shape. Used to cure pain in the knees. [ASh [OPS move] 31/10/2017]
- 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 5 mm, Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 23 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2260 Other numbers: A 70209 R 29935 398
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