- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet made from gastropod operculum. Used to prevent being bitten by a snake.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1930
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 14 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2688 Other numbers: A 109973 12
- Research and responses
This amulet is not a fossil, as recorded, but a recent gastropod operculum. Information provided by Christopher Duffin.
1985.54.2688
Amulet made from gastropod operculum. Used to prevent being bitten by a snake.
1985.54.2688
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