M0002531: View from above and side of Ivory skeleton

Date:: 10 November 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/21/48

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0002452-M0002601WT/D/1/20/1/21
        M0002531: View from above and side of Ivory skeletonWT/D/1/20/1/21/48

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Contains: 1 image

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In copyright

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Credit

M0002531: View from above and side of Ivory skeleton. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: 2 views of skeletons in ivory

Description

Photographs of a skeleton made from ivory inside a casket from above and the side. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

10 November 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.