- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Plant seed, similar in appearance to an acorn. Oval in shape and brown in colour. Used to prevent a child being jealous of a new born baby. [ASh [OPS move] 28/11/2017]
- 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 Plant Seed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 14 mm, Length: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2893 Other numbers: A 60822 R 28872
1985.54.2893
Amulet. Plant seed, similar in appearance to an acorn. Oval in shape and brown in colour. Used to prevent a child being jealous of a new born baby. [ASh [OPS move] 28/11/2017]
1985.54.2893
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