M0012304: Amulets associated with childbirth and children

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Amulets associated with childbirth and children. Australia,

Photograph of amulets associated with childbirth and children from Australia, New Zealand, and Ghana. These items were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R5172/1936, R3508/1937, R4432/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. These items are featured in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Catalogue for Exhibition of Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples, Oxford University Press, 1952, p.47-48.

February 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the items depicted in the glass plate negative:R5172/1936,

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 2022.

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