- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Incense pellets, and dried plant fibre. Used by men to dispel fear. [ASh [OPS move] 21/11/2017]
- 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 Resin Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Plant, Material Salt Mineral, Process Dried
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 7 mm packet, Width: max 48 mm packet, Length: max 85 mm packet
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2743 Other numbers: A 110281 321
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