- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. 1 of 2 white wax candles. Tapering near to the tip with uneven sides. For the other candle see 1985.54.3467 .1 [ASh [OPS move] 09/01/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1928
- Date collected
- 1928
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Wax
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 18 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 130 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3467.2 Other numbers: A 70284 30025 260
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