- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Tooth, double tooth possibly of a female bear. Used as a charm against black magic. [ASh [OPS move] 22/11/2017]
- 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 Tooth, Material Animal Tooth, Material Bear Tooth Animal
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 9 mm, Width: max 29 mm, Length: max 32 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2789 Other numbers: A 108143 R 37008 376
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