M0007419: Display of carved eyes

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Ancient Egyptian Artificial eyes of Glass, obsidian, bone and alabaster.

Photograph of a selection of carved eyes, possibly Egyptian, as displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from the front showing frame and caption. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 16th October 1935 (PHO 5391).

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5391.

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.

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