- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Shell, conical in shape with raised ridges going round in a spiral at one end. Cracked and chipped around the opening. [ASh [OPS move] 18/12/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 32 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 64 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3278 Other numbers: 94
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