- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, glass bead. Green in colour, diamond-shaped with a central perforation. The glass has been formed in a spiral. [AF [OPS Move] 06/12/2017]
- 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 Glass
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 16 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3089 Other numbers: 4
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