- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; spherical moonstone bead. [ASh [OPS move] 07/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; spherical moonstone bead. Perforated through the centre. Used to cure a sore throat. [ASh [OPS move] 07/09/2017]
- 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 Stone, Material Bead, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 16 mm, Height: max 11 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1672 Other numbers: A 70323 R 30208 ? 247
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