- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Plant leaves, dark green in colour; all dried and curled up. Stored in a glass capsule [broken]. Used by women as a cure for flatulence. Used alongside 1985.54.2997 .1 [ASh [OPS move] 01/12/2017]
- 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 Leaf, Material Glass, Process Ground, Process Dried
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm packet, Width: max 20 mm packet, Length: max 32 mm packet
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.2997.2 Other numbers: A 107187 R 13606/ 1936 R 13.606/ 1936 187
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