diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_blob.c b/src/obidmscolumn_blob.c
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+/****************************************************************************
+ * OBIDMS_column_blob functions                                             *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * @file obidsmcolumn_blob.c
+ * @author Celine Mercier
+ * @date November 9th 2015
+ * @brief Functions handling OBIColumns containing data in the form of indices referring to Obiblobs, to get blobs directly without decoding.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "obidmscolumn.h"
+#include "obitypes.h"
+#include "obiblob.h"
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+ *
+ * D E F I N I T I O N   O F   T H E   P U B L I C   F U N C T I O N S
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+
+Obi_blob_p obi_column_get_obiblob_with_elt_idx(OBIDMS_column_p column, index_t line_nb, index_t element_idx)
+{
+	index_t idx;
+
+	if (obi_column_prepare_to_get_value(column, line_nb) < 0)
+		return OBIBlob_NA;
+
+	idx = *(((index_t*) (column->data)) + (line_nb * ((column->header)->nb_elements_per_line)) + element_idx);
+
+	// Check NA
+	if (idx == OBIIdx_NA)
+		return OBIBlob_NA;
+
+	return obi_indexer_get(column->indexer, idx);
+}
+
+
+Obi_blob_p obi_column_get_obiblob_with_elt_name(OBIDMS_column_p column, index_t line_nb, const char* element_name)
+{
+	index_t element_idx = obi_column_get_element_index_from_name(column, element_name);
+	if (element_idx == OBIIdx_NA)
+		return OBIBlob_NA;
+
+	return obi_column_get_obiblob_with_elt_idx(column, line_nb, element_idx);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn_blob.h b/src/obidmscolumn_blob.h
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+/****************************************************************************
+ * OBIDMS_column_blob header file                                            *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * @file obidsmcolumn_blob.h
+ * @author Celine Mercier
+ * @date November 9th 2016
+ * @brief Header file for the functions handling OBIColumns containing data in the form of indices referring to Obiblobs.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef OBIDMSCOLUMN_BLOB_H_
+#define OBIDMSCOLUMN_BLOB_H_
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "obidmscolumn.h"
+#include "obiblob.h"
+#include "obitypes.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Recovers a value in an OBIDMS column containing data in the form of indices referring
+ * to Obiblobs handled by an indexer, and using the index of the element in the column's line.
+ *
+ * @param column A pointer as returned by obi_create_column().
+ * @param line_nb The number of the line where the value should be recovered.
+ * @param element_idx The index of the element that should be recovered in the line.
+ *
+ * @returns The recovered value.
+ * @retval OBIBlob_NA the NA value of the type if an error occurred and obi_errno is set.
+ *
+ * @since November 2016
+ * @author Celine Mercier (celine.mercier@metabarcoding.org)
+ */
+Obi_blob_p obi_column_get_obiblob_with_elt_idx(OBIDMS_column_p column, index_t line_nb, index_t element_idx);
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Recovers a value in an OBIDMS column containing data in the form of indices referring
+ * to Obiblobs handled by an indexer, using the name of the element in the line.
+ *
+ * @param column A pointer as returned by obi_create_column() or obi_clone_column().
+ * @param line_nb The number of the line where the value should be recovered.
+ * @param element_name The name of the element that should be recovered in the line.
+ *
+ * @returns The recovered value.
+ * @retval OBIBlob_NA the NA value of the type if an error occurred and obi_errno is set.
+ *
+ * @since November 2016
+ * @author Celine Mercier (celine.mercier@metabarcoding.org)
+ */
+Obi_blob_p obi_column_get_obiblob_with_elt_name(OBIDMS_column_p column, index_t line_nb, const char* element_name);
+
+
+#endif /* OBIDMSCOLUMN_BLOB_H_ */
+