M0000015: Egyptain carved ivory tube

Date:
03 June 1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/2/14
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Credit

M0000015: Egyptain carved ivory tube. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: No info available about this object

Description

Ancient Egyptian ivory tube carved in the shape of a woman with a headdress, possible for holding stibnite (antimonite), used as a medicine and cosmetic. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1917 (accession number 6457) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

03 June 1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number 6457 image 98)

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

Where to find it

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