M0000498: Replica set of Etruscan dentures, gold band with space for six teeth / M0000499: Replica of two Etruscan dentures

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Set of dentures, gold band with space for six teeth, Etruscan

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Replica of two Etruscan dentures,

Two images on one negative: a set of dentures comprising a gold band with space for six teeth, three teeth present and two dentures bound together with a metal strap. They are all replicas of Etruscan dentures excavated near Teano province, Caserta, Italy and now held as part of the Bruschi Collection, Corneto. The replicas 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.