- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. Cowrie shell. White in colour with the upper half of the shell missing. Used to cure eye pain. For the other shell see 1985.54.3527 .1 [ASh [OPS move] 16/01/2018]
- 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 Cowrie Shell
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.3527.2 Other numbers: A 70309 R 29980 164
1985.54.3527.2
Amulet. Cowrie shell. White in colour with the upper half of the shell missing. Used to cure eye pain. For the other shell see 1985.54.3527 .1 [ASh [OPS move] 16/01/2018]
1985.54.3527.2
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