- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, black circular pellet. Used as a cure for colds in young children. See 1985.54.2958 .1 & .3 for the associated pellets. [BS [OPS move] 30/11/2017]
- 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
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 6 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2958.2 Other numbers: A 70243 30138
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