- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a bead of cornelian. Lenticular in section, roughly faceted with 8 sides, and perforated. Orange, with white patches. [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 Bead, Process Polished, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 10 mm, Depth: max 7 mm, Length: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.1306
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