- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; brown stone. [ASh [OPS move] 07/09/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet; brown stone. Flat with rounded edges and some grey patches in the colouration. Worn by a pregnant woman whose previous children have all been killed. [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
- 1929
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 11 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1696 Other numbers: A 108181 R 36667 414
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