M0005303: Dental amulets and charms

Date:: November 1937

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/43/34

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005270-M0005370WT/D/1/20/1/43
        M0005303: Dental amulets and charmsWT/D/1/20/1/43/34

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M0005303: Dental amulets and charms. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Dental amulets and charms.

Description

Photograph of a wolf's tooth (from Palestine), a necklace of cayx lacrima seeds (Transvaal), a necklace of orris root, bought in Vienna, a necklace of ivory wood, an amuletic necklace (Seville) and a necklace of small shells worn by children teething (Jersey)

Publication/Creation

November 1937

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 2021.

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

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