M0017885: Two ivory amulets of ivory, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Amulets of ivory, Belgian Congo, Africa.

Photograph of two ivory fertility amulets from the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). One was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 924 and accessioned in 1931 (accession number R45785). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in 1966. The other was purchased at auction as part of a set of four in 1920 and given accession number A22502. It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

April 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R45785 and A22502

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.