M0010366: Wall painting from Tomb of Nakht: women playing a double flute, harp and mandola

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Egyptian girls playing a double flute, harp and mandola

Painting from the Tomb of Nakht (Theban Tomb TT52) of three women playing a double flute, harp and mandola below vases of ointments for skin and paints. The photograph was acquired by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee who travelled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and India purchasing items for the museum. It was accessioned in 935 (accession number PHO 2360)

08 December 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession record listing the item in the glass plate negative: accession number PHO 2360.

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.