- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; a flat piece of slate with linear marks on surface; a neck is cut around which a piece of copper wire is bent. [SB [OPS Move] 06/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; a flat piece of slate with linear marks on surface; a neck is cut around which a piece of copper wire is bent. Worn by a child to protect it from its mother's "Karmeh" [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
- 1928
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Slate Stone, Material Copper Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Decorated, Process Incised, Process Bent
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 34 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1654 Other numbers: A 70171 R 29948 ? 354
1985.54.1654
Amulet; a flat piece of slate with linear marks on surface; a neck is cut around which a piece of copper wire is bent. [SB [OPS Move] 06/09/2017]
1985.54.1654
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