- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; shell, conical in shape with a spiked upper surface. Used to ensure tenants stay in the house. [ASh [OPS move] 20/11/2017]
- 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
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 18 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2692 Other numbers: A 109964 3
1985.54.2692
Amulet; shell, conical in shape with a spiked upper surface. Used to ensure tenants stay in the house. [ASh [OPS move] 20/11/2017]
1985.54.2692
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