M0000491: Teeth decorated with turquoise insets, Ecuador / M0000492: Teeth decorated with gold insets, Ecuador

Date:
1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/5/69
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Teeth decorated with turquoise insets, Ecquador.
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Teeth decorated with gold insets

Description

Two images on one negative: both of human teeth decorated with turquoise insets from Ecuador. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1937 (accession numbers 4245/1937 and 4247/1937). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1929

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 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

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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