M0006328: Chinese model of "Death by a hundred cuts"

Date:
June 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/53/9
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: "Death by a hundred cuts".

Description

A model of three men depicting the Chinese practice of Lingchi, also known as death by a thousand cuts. The item was part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

June 1939

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 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

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    By appointmentManual request

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