M0000502: Human skull fitted with upper teath

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Human skull fitted with upper teath

Replica of a set of Etruscan upper teeth dentures said to have been carved from a single tooth of an ox, bound with a metal band and fitted in a replica human skull. The original dates from c.1000 B.C. The replica was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1929

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 2020.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.