- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. 1 of 4 white cotton bags, sewn at the top. Contains an unknown substance. For the other four bags see 1985.54.2866 .2 - .4 [ASh [OPS move] 27/11/2017]
- 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 Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 37 mm, Length: max 48 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2866.4 Other numbers: A 70048 R 30056 129
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