- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Yellow powder, made from an unknown substance, with some plant fibre in the mix. Used for spots in the throat of children only. [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
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 15 mm packet, Width: max 42 mm packet, Length: max 67 mm packet
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2910 Other numbers: A 107146 R 37428 148
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