- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Block of sulphur, broken into three fragments. Used for itching skin, for men and women only. [ASh [OPS move] 20/10/2017]
- 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 Sulphur
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 19 mm largest fragment, Width: max 14 mm largest fragment, Length: max 25 mm largest fragment
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2016 Other numbers: A 107128 R 37410 130
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