- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Animal bone, cylindrical in section with partial perforations at either end of the bone. Split near to the centre with a partial section missing. [ASh [OPS move] 11/01/2018]
- 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 Animal Bone, Material Bone, Process Drilled, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 9 mm, Width: max 11 mm, Length: max 20 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3516 Other numbers: A 107639 R 38677 510
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