- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Animal tooth, possibly bovine. Double tooth, with cracked enamel and two large roots attached to the underside. [ASh [OPS move] 09/01/2018]
- 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 Animal Tooth, Material Tooth
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 16 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 64 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3463 Other numbers: 407
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