M0000500: Replica Egyptian denture / M0000501: Roman lower denture: crown for a lower incisor

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Replica Egyptian denture

Two images on one negative: replica denture comprising two canines and four incisors united by gold wire and a crown denture for a lower incisor. The first is a replica of an Ancient Egyptian denture, c. 7000 B.C. found in Sidon. The second is a replica of a Roman denture excavated at Satricum. They were previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

1929

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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.

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