Amulet; carved pink and black soapstone, hollowed and perforated. To cure children of sickness. [ASh [OPS move] 18/09/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet; carved pink and black soapstone, hollowed and perforated. To cure children of sickness. [ASh [OPS move] 18/09/2017]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; Cairo
Person: Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1928
Date collected: 1928
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Carved, Process Hollowed, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 26 mm, Width: max 78 mm, Length: max 74 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.54.1928 Other numbers: A 70379 R 30172 436

Search terms: Religion, Amulet

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