- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Animal tooth, which is long, curled and hollow. Thin tooth walls. [ASh [OPS move] 04/12/2017]
- 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
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 11 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 44 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3025 Other numbers: 376
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