- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; two blue spherical glass beads, strung on a length of red thread. Used to cure pain in the upper arms. [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, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 14 mm, Height: max 9 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1658 Other numbers: A 107252 R 38433 109
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