- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Animal tooth, possibly bovine. Long roots attached to the underside. The enamel is cracked. [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 Animal Tooth, Material Tooth
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 12 mm, Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 56 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3305 Other numbers: 135
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