M0005690: Albanian anthropomorphic grave cross with saw and crescent at ends of cross arms

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Albanian anthropomorphic grave cross with saw and crescent at ends of cross arms

Reproduction of a sketch, 1910, of a grave cross from Old Cementary, Scutari, Albania. The drawing was by Miss M. E. Durham who lent a photograph of it to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The Museum created its own negative and photograph and accessioned the photograph in 1938 (accession number PHO 10922)

23 September 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2021.

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