- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Wig or hair piece, made of dyed brown plaited wool, which are attached to the existing plaited hair like a weave. [ASh [OPS move] 10/01/2018]
- 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 Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 30 mm bundle, approx, Width: max 150 mm bundle, approx, Length: max 190 mm bundle, approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3497 Other numbers: A 108526 117
Search terms: Religion, Clothing Headgear, Amulet, Head Ornament
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