- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Animal dung, with some wool within or mixed with the dung. Used as a charm against black magic. [ASh [OPS move] 29/11/2017]
- 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 Animal Dung, Material Wool Textile Animal
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 9 mm pile, Width: max 28 mm pile, Length: max 54 mm pile
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2929 Other numbers: A 70370 R 30105 431
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