- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Portion of a shell, which is cream and brown in colour. The shell comprises the opening or mouth section only. Used to cure burns. [ASh [OPS move] 03/11/2017]
- 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 Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 11 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 63 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2326 Other numbers: A 110028 67
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