- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. One of two cowrie shells. The other shell is 1985.54.343 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/3/2017]
- Long description
- Amulet. One of two cowrie shells. White around the opening with an ovoid section on the dome in very light grey, surrounded by fine yellow lines. Unperforated. The other shell is 1985.54.343 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/3/2017]
- 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 Cowrie Shell
- Dimensions
- Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.343.2 Other numbers: A 107256 R 38421 113
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