- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; one of three black pellets. Used as a charm for the ill effects of the evil eye. For the other two pellets see 1985.54.1850 .2 & .3 [ASh [OPS move] 13/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 12 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1850.1 Other numbers: A 107329 R 38468
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