- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a globular bead of unpolished red cornelian. Perforated vertically, with wire threaded through, twisted at both ends to form loops. [EH [OPS move] 21/11/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Henry Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- 1906
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Cornelian Stone, Material Metal Wire, Material Bead, Process Perforated, Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 25 mm, Depth: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.1300
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