- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Shell, white and grey in colour. [ASh [OPS move] 04/01/2018]
- Long description
- Amulet. Shell, white and grey in colour. Squat with a spiral at one end of the shell and a point at the other end. Large, side opening. Perforated on the top of the shell. [ASh [OPS move] 04/01/2018]
- 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, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 31 mm, Width: max 38 mm, Length: max 55 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3427 Other numbers: 286
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