- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; necklace of cowrie shells and blue glass beads strung on a length of string. [SB [OPS Move] 06/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Date collected
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Shell, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 71 mm, Length: max 304 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1651 Other numbers: ? A 107993 R 36942 224 ? 225
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Amulet, Neck Ornament, Bead
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