- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, cowrie shell. Cream in colour on the bottom, brown and grey on the top. [AF [OPS Move] 05/12/2017]
- 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 Cowrie Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 13 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3046 Other numbers: 418
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