M0003748: Two instruments, black obsidian flakes

Date:
December 1933
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/31/15
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Two instruments, black obsidian flakes (one with saw tooth edge and the other pointed)

Description

Photograph of a print publication showing two instruments from black obsidian flakes. One has a saw tooth edge and the other is pointed. Published in Hutchinson, Walter: Customs of the world : a popular account of the manners, rites and ceremonies of men and women in all countries, London: Hutchinson, 1913

Publication/Creation

December 1933

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 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 2021.

Terms of use

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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