M0004879: Line drawings of animal heads or distorted human faces, from Les Combarelles

Date:
6 October 1936
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/39/71
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Tetes humaines grotesques on masquees

Description

Reproduction of a cave drawing from Les Combarelles, published as figure 68 in a work, possibly Capitan, L., Breuil, H., and Peyrony, D: Les combarelles aux Eyzies (Dordogne), Paris : Masson, 1924

Publication/Creation

6 October 1936

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 2022.

Terms of use

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

Where to find it

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