M0006581: Plaster penis figure ridden by a naked female figure

Date:: 22 February 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/55/62

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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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: M0006521-M0006624WT/D/1/20/1/55
        M0006581: Plaster penis figure ridden by a naked female figureWT/D/1/20/1/55/62

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M0006581: Plaster penis figure ridden by a naked female figure. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Phallic object. large plaster female figure.

Description

Photograph of a plaster penis figure with legs and a tail being ridden by a naken female figure. The original object is held by the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.

Publication/Creation

22 February 1940

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.

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