- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Animal bone, probably a piece of vertebrae. Used to prevent a woman from losing her milk after birth. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2017]
- 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 Animal Bone, Material Bone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 22 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2811 Other numbers: A 108219 R 36658 R 36.658 453
1985.54.2811
Amulet. Animal bone, probably a piece of vertebrae. Used to prevent a woman from losing her milk after birth. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2017]
1985.54.2811
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